selden

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English seldan, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē. ==== Alternative forms ==== seldyn, seelden, seldom, sielden, seeldyn, seilden, sieldome, syldyn, sylden, celdane, seldun, seldum, seldome ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈseːldən/, /ˈsɛldən/, /ˈseːldəm/, /ˈsɛldəm/ ==== Adverb ==== selden not often, uncommonly, almost never. ===== Descendants ===== English: seldom Scots: seldin, seendil, seendle ===== References ===== “sẹ̄lden(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English selden, from Proto-Germanic *seldanaz. ==== Alternative forms ==== seldyn, seelden, seldom, sielden, seeldyn, seldone ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈseːldən/, /ˈsɛldən/, /ˈseːldəm/, /ˈsɛldəm/ ==== Adjective ==== selden uncommon, unusual, rare not many or much; little in number. (rare) strange, weird, odd ===== Related terms ===== seldomly ===== Descendants ===== English: seldom (archaic as an adjective) ===== References ===== “sẹ̄lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 May 2018. == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *seldanaz (“rare, strange”). Akin to Old Frisian selden, Old High German sëltan, Old Norse sjaldan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsel.den/, [ˈseɫ.den] === Adjective === selden rare, infrequent few ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: selden, seldom, selde, seld English: seld, seldom