seld
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of seld
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete)A seat, throne.
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noun
- (obsolete)A seat, throne.
- (obsolete)A shop (in Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.
adj
- (archaic)Rare, uncommon.
- Unusual, unwonted.
adv
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(Scotland, dialectal, obsolete)Seldom.
“knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.”
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Etymology
From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).
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