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seld¹

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From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).

noun selds

  1. obsolete A seat, throne.
  2. 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.

seld²

Where it comes from

From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).

adjective more seld · most seld

  1. obsolete Rare; uncommon.

    Similar: infrequent, scarce, uncommon, dearthy, few and far between, geason, in short supply, non-common, rare, raresome, scant, scantling

  2. obsolete Unusual; unwonted.

    Similar: bizarre, odd, weird, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, booky, curious, deviant, discrepant

adverb more seld · most seld

  1. Scotland, dialectal, obsolete Seldom. 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.

    Similar: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly, at times, ever and anon, every once in a while, every now and then, every so often, from time to time, intermittently, irregularly, now and again

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@misc{seld_2026,
  title = {seld},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seld},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}