seld

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle). ==== Noun ==== seld (plural selds) (obsolete) A seat, throne. (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. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”). ==== Adjective ==== seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld) (obsolete) Rare; uncommon. Synonyms: infrequent, scarce, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare Unusual; unwonted. Synonyms: bizarre, odd, weird; see also Thesaurus:strange ==== Adverb ==== seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld) (obsolete or Scotland dialectal) Seldom. Synonyms: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly; see also Thesaurus:occasionally , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191: 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. ===== Related terms ===== === Anagrams === dels, LEDs, ELSD, sled, Dels, SLED, EDLs, elds == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Participle === seld (neuter singular selt, definite singular and plural selde) sold; past participle of selja === Anagrams === dels == Old English == === Noun === seld n alternative form of setl (“seat, throne”) ==== Descendants ==== English: seld == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English seld. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛld/ === Noun === seld f (plural seldiau or seldi, not mutable) dresser Synonym: dreser sideboard Synonyms: seldfwrdd, ystlysfwrdd ==== Derived terms ==== seldfwrdd (“sideboard”) === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “seld”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “seld”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies