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seld-

  • adjective
  • prefix
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Grammar
seld-, sel-, syl-líc ; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§277;
strange, extraordinary, wonderful
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  • Ðis godspel þincþ dysegum mannum sellíc,

      Homl. Th. ii. 466, 9.

  • Nú þincþ eów ðis syllíc tó gehýrenne,

      L. Ælfc. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 344, 16 : Wulfst. 269, 26.

  • Is ðæt sellíc þincg, ðæt hí ne wundriaþ hú . . .,

      Met. 28, 53.

  • Næfde sellícu wiht sýne ne folme,

      Exon. Th. 415, 2 ; Rä. 33, 5.

  • Glóf síd and syllíc searobendum fæst,

      Beo. Th. 4178 ; B. 2086.

  • Ic seah sellíc þing singan,

      Exon. Th. 413, 9 ; Rä. 32, 3.

  • Ða réðan león and ða sellícan (syl-) pardes and ða egeslícan beran,

      Hexam. 9 ; Norm. 14, 33.

  • Sellíce sǽdracan,

      Beo. Th. 2856 ; B. 1426.

  • Syllíce tácn,

      Blickl. Homl. 91, 29.

  • Syllíce stanas

    monstrous stones,

      189, 15.

  • Seldlícra fela

    many wonderful creatures,

      Exon. Th. 193, 34 ; Az. 131.

  • Hit is sellícre ðæt hiora ǽnig ne mæg bútan óðrum bión,

      Met. 11, 50.

  • Hí ðǽr geségon syllícran wiht,

      Beo. Th. 6069 ; B. 3038.
having unusual good qualities, excellent, admirable
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  • Þeódnes cynegold sóðfæstra gehwone sellíc glengeþ,

      Exon. Th. 238, 19 ; Ph. 606 : 341, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 127.

  • Is ðes middangeard missenlícum wísum gewlitegad, wrættum gefrætwad, síþum sellíc,

      414, 28 ; Rä. 33, 3.

  • Freólíc, sellíc,

      492, 29 ; Rä. 81, 23.

  • Wundor syllíc (

    the pillar of fire

    ),
      Cd. Th. 184, 17 ; Exod. 109 : Rood Kmbl. 25 ; Kr. 13.

  • Hé wundur worhte seldlíc,

      Ps. Th. 125, 3.

  • Ǽnlicra and fægerra, symle sellícra,

      Exon. Th. 357, 17 ; Pa. 30.

  • Him (

    the phenix

    ) sette sóð cyning sellícran gecynd ofer fugla cyn,
      221, 4 ; Ph. 329.
  • Ic ǽfre ne geseah syllícran cræft. Andr. Kmbl. 1000 ; An. 500 : Rood Kmbl. 8 ; Kr. 4.
Etymology
[Laym. sel-, sil-, seol-, sul-lich : O. E. Homl. sul-lic : Jul. sul-lich : O. and N. sel-, seol-lich : Goth. silda-leiks : O. Sax. seld-lík.]
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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/27371.

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