seldan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === seldum === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *seldanā. Cognate with Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsel.dɑn/, [ˈseɫ.dɑn] === Adverb === seldan (comparative seldor, superlative seldost) not often: seldom, rarely early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995) ==== Antonyms ==== oft ==== Related terms ==== selden ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: selden, seilden, seldom English: seldom Scots: seld, seldin, seendil == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *seldanā. Cognate with Old English seldan, seldum, Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan. === Adverb === seldan seldom ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: selden German Low German: selten