Definitions For Seld

Etymology 1

From Middle English selde, id=store, t=seat, store, from {{inh, en, ang, seld, pos=n}}, neuter, metathetic form of setl, pos=n ({{cog, en, settle}})

Noun

SELD (plural SELDs) (obsolete) A seat, throne. (obsolete) A shop. (In {{der, en, ML., -}} records selda or silda (cf. {{cog, la, sella, t=seat, chair}}); also in {{der, en, xno, -}} form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.

Etymology 2

From Middle English selde, pos=a and selde, pos=adv, a back-formation from {{der, en, ang, seldor, t=more seldom}}, seldost, t=most seldom.

Adjective

(archaic) rare, rare, uncommon. : Synonym: infrequent, scarce, uncommon, Thesaurus:rare unusual, unusual, unwonted. : Synonym: bizarre, odd, weird, Thesaurus:strange

Adverb

{{en-adv}} (obsolete, or, dialectal, Scotland) seldom, seldom. : Synonym: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly, Thesaurus:occasionally

Derived terms

seldsome

Related terms

selly

Anagrams

{{anagrams, nn, a=dels, dels}}

Participle

{{nn-part-d, selt}} sold; {{nn-verb-form of, past participle, selj}}