Etymology

seld

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Middle English selde ← Old English seld
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seld · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromseld
  2. Middle English · inherited fromselde“seat, store”
  3. English todayseld

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

seld · adjective, adverb2

  1. Old English · derived fromseldor“more seldom”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromselde
  3. English todayseld

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

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