seld

See also: 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)

1. (obsolete) A seat, throne.
2. (obsolete) A shop. (In (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

1. (archaic) Rare, uncommon.
2. Unusual, unwonted.

Adverb

seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.
   • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, 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.

Derived terms

• seldsome

Related terms

• selly

Anagrams

• Dels, ELSD, LEDs, dels, sled