selden

See also: Selden

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English seldan, from Proto-Germanic *seldana.

Alternative forms

seldyn, seelden, seldom, sielden, seeldyn, seilden, sieldome, syldyn, sylden, celdane, seldun, seldum, seldome

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseːldən/, /ˈsɛldən/, /ˈseːldəm/, /ˈsɛldəm/

Adverb

selden

not often, uncommonly, almost never.

Descendants

English: seldom
Scots: seldin, seendil, seendle

References

“sẹ̄lden(e (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Etymology 2

From Old English selden, from Proto-Germanic *seldanaz.

Alternative forms

seldyn, seelden, seldom, sielden, seeldyn, seldone

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseːldən/, /ˈsɛldən/, /ˈseːldəm/, /ˈsɛldəm/

Adjective

selden

Related terms

seldomly

Descendants

English: seldom (archaic as an adjective)

References

“sẹ̄lden (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-03.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *seldanaz (“rare, strange”). Akin to Old Frisian selden, Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan.

Adjective

selden

rare, infrequent
few

Descendants

Middle English: selden, seldom, selde, seld
- English: seld, seldom

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