sele

See also: Sele, śele, and селе

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, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, 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

See the etymology of the main entry.

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, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, 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
• Scots: seil

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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-West Germanic *sali, 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 село (selo), Russian село́ (seló). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl (“great hall, (large) house, castle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.le/

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

Declension

Declension of sele (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sele	selas
accusative	sele	selas
genitive	seles	sela
dative	sele	selum

Derived terms

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

References

• sele in John R. Clark Hall (1916) A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd ed.
• sele in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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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

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu

Noun

sēle f

1. soul, life

Inflection

Strong feminine o-stem

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage) 2014

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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

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Sotho

Enumerative

sele

1. other

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَلَّة‎ (salla), from Classical Syriac ܣܰܐܠܳܐ‎ (sallətā, “basket”).

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

1. a wide wicker basket

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sele
Definite accusative	seleyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sele	seleler
Definite accusative	seleyi	seleleri
Dative	seleye	selelere
Locative	selede	selelerde
Ablative	seleden	selelerden
Genitive	selenin	selelerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular selem selelerim 2nd singular selen selelerin 3rd singular selesi seleleri 1st plural selemiz selelerimiz 2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz 3rd plural seleleri seleleri

Etymology 2

From French selle.

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

1. saddle (of a bicycle)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sele
Definite accusative	seleyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sele	seleler
Definite accusative	seleyi	seleleri
Dative	seleye	selelere
Locative	selede	selelerde
Ablative	seleden	selelerden
Genitive	selenin	selelerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular selem selelerim 2nd singular selen selelerin 3rd singular selesi seleleri 1st plural selemiz selelerimiz 2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz 3rd plural seleleri seleleri

Etymology 3

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

1. Alternative form of sere

References

• sele in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu