sele

See also: Sele and śele

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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, ...

AnagramsEdit

• EELS, Slee, eels, else, lees, lese, seel

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AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sele (epicene, plural seles)

1. calm, tranquil

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

sele n

1. piglet

DeclensionEdit

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 readingEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

sele

1. locative singular of selo

SynonymsEdit

• selu

AnagramsEdit

• Else
• lese

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FijianEdit

NounEdit

sele

1. knife

VerbEdit

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• cele, seile, seel, sel

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /seːl/, /sɛːl/

NounEdit

sele (plural seles)

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

DescendantsEdit

• English: sele, seel

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse seli, sili

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• buksesele
• seletøy

ReferencesEdit

• “sele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse seli, sili

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• buksesele
• seletøy

ReferencesEdit

• “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• sæl
• sel

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsele/

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• 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

ReferencesEdit

• 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 FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sella.

NounEdit

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

1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)

Related termsEdit

• enseler

DescendantsEdit

• French: selle

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Old FrisianEdit

NounEdit

sēle f

DeclensionEdit

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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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

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