Proto-Germanic: [*gī́sēn]; *gī́sla-z, -ēn
Meaning: pledge, hostage
Old Norse: gīsl m. `Geisel'
Old Swedish: gīsl
Old Danish: Run asu-gisalas
Danish: gisel, gidsel
Old English: gīsel (gīsl, gǖsel), -sles m. `pledge, hostage'
Old Frisian: OWFris jesel, jezala
Old Saxon: gīsal
Middle Dutch: ghīsel, ghīselāre
Dutch: gijzelaar
Middle Low German: gīse; gīsel(e)
Old High German: gīsal (8.Jh.) `Kriegs-, Bürgschaftsgefangener, Bürge'; Langob. gīsil `wer mit seiner Person haftet, Bürge, Zeuge'
Middle High German: gīsel st. m., n. 'kriegsgefangener; bürge, geisel'
German: Geisel f., m.
