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seld-guma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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seld-guma, an ; m.
A hall-man, one who has a place in a lord's hall, a retainer
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  • Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan ðonne is eówer sum . . . nis ðæt seldguma (he is no mere retainer. Grein translates 'vir qui semper in domo manet.' Heyne says 'seldguma ist hier offenbar der gemeine Mann, der nur ein seld besitzt, im Gegensatz zu dem edeln, der einen hof zu eigen hat.' But

    seld

    is used of royal residences, so that Bugge's explanation seems better, 'en mand som holder til en hövdings sal, en mand som er traadt i en hövdings tjeneste'),
      Beo. Th. 504 ; B. 249.
  • Cf. sele-secg.
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v.  guma.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “seld-guma.” 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/27369.

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