sele

See also: Sele, śele, ṣẹlẹ, șele, šəlʔə, -sele, and селе

English

Etymology

From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.

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, British) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
3. greeting, salutation
   • 1862, George Borrow, chapter XXXV, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery‎^[2] (Fiction), Read Central, archived from the original on 31 October 2013:

     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, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles‎^[3] (Fantasy), published 2005, page 245:

     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, […]

Derived terms

• haysel (“hay season”)

Related terms

• silly

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Else, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, lese, seel

Asturian

Adjective

sele (epicene, plural seles)

1. calm, tranquil

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

sele n

1. piglet

Declension

Declension of sele (t-stem neuter)

	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
• sele in Internetová jazyková příručka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sele

1. locative singular of selo

   Synonym: selu

Anagrams

• Else
• lese

Fijian

Noun

sele

1. knife

Verb

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

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

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.

Anagrams

• esel, esle, lees, lese, -else

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sållå (dialectal)

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)
3. (rare, colloquial) seat belt

   Synonym: bilbelte

Usage notes

Depending on dialect, this term can also mean different parts of horse harness.

Derived terms

• buksesele
• seletøy

References

• “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

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

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”)

Related terms

• sæl

Descendants

• Middle English: *sele
  • ⇒ Middle English: wunsele

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “sele”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[4], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sele”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sella.

Noun

sele oblique singular, 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

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu.

Noun

sēle f

1. soul, life

Inflection

Strong feminine o-stem

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)

Portuguese

Verb

sele

1. inflection of selar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Sotho

Enumerative

sele

1. other

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsele/ [ˈse.le]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: se‧le

Verb

sele

1. inflection of ser:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with le
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سله, from Arabic سَلَّة (salla), from Classical Syriac ܣܲܠܛܵܐ (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 Nominative 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 Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular selemi selelerimi 2nd singular seleni selelerini 3rd singular selesini selelerini 1st plural selemizi selelerimizi 2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi 3rd plural selelerini selelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular seleme selelerime 2nd singular selene selelerine 3rd singular selesine selelerine 1st plural selemize selelerimize 2nd plural selenize selelerinize 3rd plural selelerine selelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular selemde selelerimde 2nd singular selende selelerinde 3rd singular selesinde selelerinde 1st plural selemizde selelerimizde 2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde 3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular selemden selelerimden 2nd singular selenden selelerinden 3rd singular selesinden selelerinden 1st plural selemizden selelerimizden 2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden 3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular selemin selelerimin 2nd singular selenin selelerinin 3rd singular selesinin selelerinin 1st plural selemizin selelerimizin 2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin 3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

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 Nominative 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 Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular selemi selelerimi 2nd singular seleni selelerini 3rd singular selesini selelerini 1st plural selemizi selelerimizi 2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi 3rd plural selelerini selelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular seleme selelerime 2nd singular selene selelerine 3rd singular selesine selelerine 1st plural selemize selelerimize 2nd plural selenize selelerinize 3rd plural selelerine selelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular selemde selelerimde 2nd singular selende selelerinde 3rd singular selesinde selelerinde 1st plural selemizde selelerimizde 2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde 3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular selemden selelerimden 2nd singular selenden selelerinden 3rd singular selesinden selelerinden 1st plural selemizden selelerimizden 2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden 3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular selemin selelerimin 2nd singular selenin selelerinin 3rd singular selesinin selelerinin 1st plural selemizin selelerimizin 2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin 3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

Etymology 3

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

1. Alternative form of sere