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seld

seld noun: a seat, throne.

Noun

seld (plural selds)

  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.

Adjective

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

  1. (obsolete) Rare; uncommon.
  2. (obsolete) Unusual; unwonted.
    Synonyms:
    bizarre, odd, weird, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, booky, curious

Adverb

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

  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

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Forms of seld

Noun
pluralselds
Adjective
comparativemore seld
superlativemost seld
Adverb
comparativemore seld
superlativemost seld

Origin of seld

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

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

Questions about seld

What does seld mean?
Seld means a seat, throne.
What part of speech is seld?
Seld can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
What is the plural of seld?
The plural of seld is selds.

Words near seld in the dictionary

  1. SELCALs
  2. selcas
  3. selcouth
  4. selcouthly
  5. Selcuk
  6. seld
  7. Selden
  8. Seldenian
  9. Seldeniana
  10. Seldens
  11. seldom

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