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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English seldan, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.
Alternative forms[edit]
- seldyn, seelden, seldom, sielden, seeldyn, seilden, sieldome, syldyn, sylden, celdane, seldun, seldum, seldome
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
selden
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “sẹ̄lden(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English selden, from Proto-Germanic *seldanaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
selden
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: seldom (archaic as an adjective)
References[edit]
- “sẹ̄lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *seldanaz (“rare, strange”). Akin to Old Frisian selden, Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
selden
Declension[edit]
Declension of selden — Strong
Declension of selden — Weak
Descendants[edit]
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- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adverbs
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English adjectives