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

  1. (obsolete)A seat, throne.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A seat, throne.
  2. (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

  1. (archaic)Rare, uncommon.
  2. Unusual, unwonted.

adv

  1. (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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