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seld-hwanne

  • adverb
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seld-hwanne, adv.
Seldom, rarely
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  • Oft ðonne ðæt mód ðæs fæst*-*endan biþ mid ðý irre ofseten, ðonne cymþ sió blis seldhwanne, swelce hió sié elþeódig,

      Past. 43, 6 ; Swt. 313, 24.
  • Ðeáh seldhwænne leáf geseald sié tó sprecenne

    quamvis rara loquendi concedatur licentia,

      R. Ben. 21, 16.
  • Heó wolde seldhwænne hire líc baðian,

      Homl. Skt. i. 20, 44.
  • Seld*-*hwonne biþ ðaette áuht manegum monnum ánes hwæt lícige,

      Bt. 18, 3 ; Fox 64, 29.
Etymology
[Swuch ouh wummone lore to beon liðe and seldhwonne sturne, A. R. 428, 25. Cf. Icel. sjald-stundum rarely.]
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v.  hwanne.
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