sele

See also: Sele and śele

Contents

English

Etymology

From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time”), from Old English sǣl, sel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/
• Homophone: seal
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sele (countable and uncountable, 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^[1] (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, Slee, eels, else, lees, lese, seel

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Asturian

Adjective

sele (epicene, plural seles)

1. calm, tranquil

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Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

sele n

1. piglet

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	sele	selata
genitive	selete	selat
dative	seleti	selatům
accusative	sele	selata
vocative	sele	selata
locative	seleti	selatech
instrumental	seletem	selaty

Further reading

• sele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology 2

Noun

sele

1. locative singular of selo

Synonyms

• selu

Anagrams

• Else
• lese

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Fijian

Noun

sele

1. knife

Verb

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• cele, seile, seel, sel

Etymology

From Old English sǣl; in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/, /sɛːl/

Noun

sele (plural seles)

1. happiness, prosperity, fortune
2. time, duration, season

Descendants

• English: sele, seel

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)

1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

Derived terms

• buksesele
• seletøy

References

• “sele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)

1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

Derived terms

• buksesele
• seletøy

References

• “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsele/

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, hell
• 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, hell

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

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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

• Middle French: selle
  • French: selle
• Norman: selle

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Old Frisian

Noun

sēle f

Declension

Declension of sēla (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sēla	sēla
accusative	sēla	sēla
genitive	sēla	sēlena
dative	sēla	sēlum, sēlem

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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