seld

plural selds

1. obsoleteA seat, throne.
2. obsoleteA shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.

comparative more seld · superlative most seld

1. obsoleteRare; uncommon.

   Synonyms: infrequent, scarce, uncommon, dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply

2. obsoleteUnusual; unwonted.

   Synonyms: bizarre, odd, weird, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband

comparative more seld · superlative most seld

1. ScotlanddialectalobsoleteSeldom.

   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.

   , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191

   Synonyms: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly, at times, ever and anon, every once in a while, every now and then, every so often