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sele

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sele, es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A hall, house, dwelling
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  • Cwom bytla (

    Guthlac) tó ðam beorge . . . wæs sele (his hermitage )

    níwe,
      Exon. Th. 146, 24 ; Gú. 714.

  • Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian,

      343, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 158.

  • Sele (

    Heorot, Hrothgar's hall

    ) hlifade, heáh and horngeáp,
      Beo. Th. 163 ; B. 81.
  • Ðes sele, receda sélest, 827 ; B. 411.

  • Ðes windiga sele (

    hell

    ),
      Cd. Th. 273, 14 ; Sat. 136.

  • Hé on temple gestód . . . Hé anlícnesse geseh on seles (

    or from

    sæl, cf. 1523 ;
      An. 763) wáge, Andr. Kmbl. 1428 ; An. 714 : Exon. Th. 394, 17 ; Rä. 14, 4.

  • Þegen ðe on cinges sele his hláforde þénode,

      L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 1.

  • Hé (

    Pharaoh

    ) lǽdan héht wíf tó his selfes sele,
      Cd. Th. 111, 17 ; Gen. 1857.

  • Geseah hé engles hand in sele (

    Belshazzar's hall

    ) wrítan,
      261, 16 ; Dan. 727.

  • Hié tó sele (

    the Danish king's hall

    ), gangan cwómon,
      Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323.

  • In sele ðam heán, 1431 ; B. 713 : (

    Hygelac's hall

    ), 3973 ;
      B. 1984.

  • On sele

    in the dragon's cave,

    6248 ;
      B. 3128.

  • Tó sele

    to the prison,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2624 ; An. 1313.

  • Cyning mec on sele weorþaþ,

      Exon. Th. 401, 12 ; Rä. 21, 10.

  • Ic sóhte sele sinces bryttan, hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe in meodu*-*healle mec fréfran wolde,

      288, 2 ; Wand. 25 : Beo. Th. 1657 ; B. 826 : 4694 ; B. 2352.

  • Sele ásettan, sídne ræced fæste gefégan,

      Exon. Th. 296, 6 ; Crä. 47.

  • Brúcan ðæs boldes ðe ús gearwaþ gǽsta ealdor ; ðæt is sige*-*dryhten ðe ðone sele frætweþ,

      450, 24 ; Dóm. 92.

  • Innan on ðone ealdan sele,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 13.

  • Ðone werigan sele (

    hell

    ).
      Cd. Th. 285, 4 ; Sat. 332.

  • Ongunnon heora burh rǽran and sele settan, salo niw*-*ian,

      113, 2 ; Gen. 1881.
Etymology
[O. Sax. seli ; m. : Icel. salr ; pl. salir : cf. O. H. Ger. seli-hús : Goth. saljan to dwell, abide.]
Similar entries
v. bán-, beág-, beór-, burg-, burn-, deáþ-, dreór-, dryht-, eorþ-, gæst-, gold-, grund-, gúþ-, heáh-, horn-, hring-, hróf-, níþ-, will-, wín-, wind-, wyrm-sele ; sæl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sele.” 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/27376.

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