Italian

Proper noun

Sele m

1. A river that flows in Campania

English

Noun

sele ‎(plural seles)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment.
3. greeting, salutation

   • 1862, George Borrow, “Chapter XXXV”, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery (Fiction), Read Central:

     I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, ...

   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter XIV. The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:

     When the morning was come ... so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, ...

Anagrams

• eels, else, lees, lese, seel

Asturian

Adjective

sele (epicene, plural seles)

1. calm, tranquil

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Hyphenation: se‧le

Noun

sele n

1. piglet

Declension

Fijian

Noun

sele

1. knife

Verb

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

Old English

Alternative forms

• sæl
• sel

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Cognate with Old Saxon seli,', Old High German sali, Old Norse salr (Swedish sal), Lombardic sala; and with Old Church Slavonic (and Russian) село ‎(selo). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl ‎(“great hall, (large) house, castle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sele m ‎(nominative plural selas)

1. great hall, house, dwelling, prison

   Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder. — Winter locks the waves with bonds of ice until another year came to the dwellings of those who keep a constant watch for good weather. Beowulf

2. tabernacle, gesele

Derived terms

• bānsele m — body (bone-house)
• bēagsel n, bēagsele m — hall in which rings are distributed
• bēorsele m — beer-hall, banqueting hall
• burgsele m — castle-hall, house
• burnsele m — bath-house
• dēaþsele m — death-hall, ****
• drēorsele m — dreary hall
• dryhtsele m — princely hall
• eorþsele m — cave-dwelling
• gesele m — tabernacle
• goldsele m — hall in which gold is distributed
• gæstsele m — guest-hall
• grundsele m — abysmal dwelling
• gūþsele m — hall of warriors
• hēahsele m — high hall
• hornsele m — house with gables
• hringsele m — hall in which rings are bestowed
• hrōfsele m — roofed hall
• nīþsele m — hall of conflict
• seledrēam m — hall-joy, festivity
• seleful n — hall-goblet
• selegesceot, selescot n — tabernaculum, tent, lodging-place, nest; Ger. Geschoss
• selegyst m — hall-guest
• selerǣdend m — hall ruler or possessor
• selerest f — bed in hall
• selesecg m — retainer
• seleþegn m — hall-thane, retainer, attendant
• seleweard m — hall-warden
• þacsele, þæcsele m — a building with a thatched roof
• willsele m — pleasant dwelling
• wyrmsele m — hall of serpents, ****

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", sele et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), sele

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sella.

Noun

sele f ‎(oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)

Related terms

• enseler

Descendants

• French: selle

Portuguese

Verb

sele

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of selar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of selar
3. first-person singular imperative of selar
4. third-person singular imperative of selar