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seld-

  • adjective
  • prefix
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Grammar
seld-, sel-cúþ ; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§277;
Little known, strange, wonderful, unfamiliar
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  • Se seldcúþa tungel gebícnode ðæs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse,

      Homl.Th. i. 106, 27.

  • Hé wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes (

    the sound of Orpheus' harp

    ),
      Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 23.

  • Hí willaþ simle hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes eówian,

      34, 4 ; Fox 138, 29.

  • Ðú hwerfest ymbúton sume wunderlíce and seldcúþe sprǽce,

      35, 5 ; Fox 164, 17.

  • Díglu þing tǽcan and seldcúþe,

      39, 4 ; Fox 216, 13.

  • Selcúþe reáf

    varias vestes,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9.
Etymology
[Þeo wimon was mid ane sune þat wes a sel*-*cuð bearn (wonderfol to telle, 2nd MS.), Laym. 280. Þatt wass sellcuþ mecleȝȝc, Orm. 19217. Gif him þuncheð wunder & selkuð of swuch onswere, A. R. 8, 26. Gret outrage we se . . . in selcouthe maners, Pr. C. 1518.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “seld-.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/27366.

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