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seld

noun, adj, adv — 5 senses

seld

noun

Etymology From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).

1

Obsolete A seat, throne.

2

Obsolete A shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.

seld

adj

Etymology From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).

1

Obsolete Rare; uncommon.

2

Obsolete Unusual; unwonted.

seld

adv

Etymology From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).

1

Scotland, Dialectal, Obsolete Seldom.

  • knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191
Related terms
selcouth, selly

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