English

Noun

seld ‎(plural 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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English selde ‎(adjective) and seld ‎(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.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, 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
• sled