sele

English

Etymology

From Middle English sele (“Happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time”), from Old English sǣl, sel

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːl/
• Homophone: seal
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sele (plural seles)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment.
3. greeting, salutation

   • 1862, George Borrow, “Chapter XXXV”, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery^[1], Fiction, Read Central:

     I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, ...

   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter XIV. The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles, Fantasy, Project Gutenberg, published 2005:

     When the morning was come ... so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, ...

Anagrams

• eels, else, lees, lese, seel

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Czech

Noun

sele n

1. piglet

Declension

    declension of sele

	singular	plural
nominative	sele	selata
genitive	selete	selat
dative	seleti	selatům
accusative	sele	selata
vocative	sele	selata
locative	seleti	selatech
instrumental	seletem	selaty

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Fijian

Noun

sele

1. knife

Verb

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

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Old English

Alternative forms

• sæl
• sel

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Cognate with Old Saxon seli,', Old High German sali, Old Norse salr (Swedish sal), Lombardic sala; and with Old Church Slavonic (and Russian) село (selo). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz- (Old English great hall, (large) house, castle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsele/

Noun

sele m (nominative plural selas)

1. great hall, house, dwelling, prison

   Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder. — Winter locks the waves with bonds of ice until another year came to the dwellings of those who keep a constant watch for good weather. Beowulf

2. tabernacle, gesele

Derived terms

• bānsele m — body (bone-house)
• bēagsel n, bēagsele m — hall in which rings are distributed
• bēorsele m — beer-hall, banqueting hall
• burgsele m — castle-hall, house
• burnsele m — bath-house
• dēaþsele m — death-hall, hell
• drēorsele m — dreary hall
• dryhtsele m — princely hall
• eorþsele m — cave-dwelling
• gesele m — tabernacle
• goldsele m — hall in which gold is distributed
• gæstsele m — guest-hall
• grundsele m — abysmal dwelling
• gūþsele m — hall of warriors
• hēahsele m — high hall
• hornsele m — house with gables
• hringsele m — hall in which rings are bestowed
• hrōfsele m — roofed hall
• nīþsele m — hall of conflict
• seledrēam m — hall-joy, festivity
• seleful n — hall-goblet
• selegesceot, selescot n — tabernaculum, tent, lodging-place, nest; Ger. Geschoss
• selegyst m — hall-guest
• selerǣdend m — hall ruler or possessor
• selerest f — bed in hall
• selesecg m — retainer
• seleþegn m — hall-thane, retainer, attendant
• seleweard m — hall-warden
• þacsele, þæcsele m — a building with a thatched roof
• willsele m — pleasant dwelling
• wyrmsele m — hall of serpents, hell

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", sele et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), sele

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Old French

Etymology

Latin sella

Noun

sele f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)

Related terms

• enseler

Descendants

• French: selle

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Portuguese

Verb

sele

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of selar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of selar
3. first-person singular imperative of selar
4. third-person singular imperative of selar