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sælþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sælþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§303; §613;
A dwelling, abode
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  • Bare hié gesáwon heora líchaman næfdon on ðam lande ðá giet sælþa gesetena

    bare they (Adam and Eve after the fall) saw their bodies, they had not yet in the land dwellings appointed.

      Cd. Th. 48, 33; Gen. 785.
Etymology
[O. Sax. seliða ; f. a dwelling: O. L. Ger. salitha, selitha tabernaculum, habitaculum: Goth. salithwa; f. a mansion, lodging, guest-chamber; O. H. Ger. salida, selida; f. mansio, domicilium, habitaculum.]
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  • sælþ, n.