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seld

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
seld, es ; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§277;
a seat, that on which one sits, a throne ; sedes
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  • In heofene seld his

    his throne is in heaven

    (A.
      V.), Ps. Surt. 10, 5 : 44, 7.

  • Dóm gegearwung seldes ðínes,

      88, 15 : 96, 2.
  • Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20 : Cd. Th. 275, 17 ; Sat. 173 : 276, 12 ; Sat. 187.

  • Ðǽr is sang æt selde (

    the throne of God

    ),
      306, 12 ; Sat. 662.

  • Sang ymb seld secgan,

      279, 9 ; Sat. 235.

  • Siteþ him on heofnum, hafaþ wuldres bearn his seolfes seld,

      301, 27 ; Sat. 588.

  • God siteþ ofer seld hálig his,

      Ps. Surt. 46, 9 : 9, 8.

  • Ealdormenn sǽton on seldum,

      Ps. Th. 118, 23.

  • Hí on seldon sǽton æt dómum,

      121, 5.
a seat, residence, mansion, hall
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  • Scyppendes seld,

      Salm. Kmbl. 160 ; Sal. 79.

  • Ðá hé ða mænego (

    the rebellious angels) ádráf of ðæm heán selde (heaven ),

      Cd. Th. 277, 10 ; Sat. 202.

  • Cwom Daniel in ðæt seld gangan,

      225, 9 ; Dan. 151 : 262, 1 ; Dan. 737.

  • Engel lét his hand cuman in ðæt heá seld (

    Belshazzar's hall

    ),
      261, 7 ; Dan. 722.

  • Hié tempel strudon, Salomanes seld,

      260, 19 ; Dan. 712.

  • Com tó Heorot, ðǽr Hring-Dene geond ðæt sæld swǽfon,

      Beo. Th. 2564 ; B. 1280.
  • Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge manna and monig seld (or to
?) gefeóndra weorada erant in hoc campo innumera hominum conventicula, sedesque plurimae agminum laetantium, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 629, 25. Ða heallícan seld palatias zetas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 23.
Hú hé eft gesette swegeltorhtan seld, Cd. Th. 6, 27 ; Gen. 95. Heáhgetimbru, seld on swegle, Exon. Th. 137, 10 ; Gú. 557.
Etymology
[Ær he arise of selde, Laym. 25988. Cf. Goth. salithwa ; f. a mansion, chamber : O. Sax. seliða, selda : O. H. Ger. selida ; f. domicilium, mansio, habitaculum, tabernaculum.]
Similar entries
v. án-, biscop-, cear-, éðel-, heáh-, medu-, páp-, sundor-, þrym-, weard-seld ; selde.
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v.  sæld.
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Citation

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/27363.

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