sele

Etymology

From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time”), from Old English sǣl, sel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːl/
• Homophone: seal
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment.
3. greeting, salutation
   • 1862, George Borrow, “Chapter XXXV”, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery‎ (Fiction), Read Central:

     I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, ...

   • 1897, William Morris, “Chapter XIV. The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:

     When the morning was come ... so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, ...

Anagrams

• EELS, Slee, eels, else, lees, lese, seel

Adjective

sele (epicene, plural seles)

1. calm, tranquil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
• Hyphenation: se‧le

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• Else
• lese

Noun

sele

1. knife

Verb

sele

1. cut (with a knife)

Alternative forms

• cele, seile, seel, sel

Etymology

From Old English sǣl; in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːl/, /sɛːl/

Noun

sele (plural seles)

1. happiness, prosperity, fortune
2. time, duration, season

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)

1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

References

• “sele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)

1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

References

• “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• sæl
• sel

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Cognate with Old Saxon seli,', Old High German sali, Old Norse salr (Swedish sal), Lombardic sala; and with Old Church Slavonic (and Russian) село (selo). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl (“great hall, (large) house, castle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsele/

Noun

sele m (nominative plural selas)

1. great hall, house, dwelling, prison

   Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder. — Winter locks the waves with bonds of ice until another year came to the dwellings of those who keep a constant watch for good weather. Beowulf

2. tabernacle, gesele

Etymology

From Latin sella.

Noun

sele f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)

Noun

sēle f

Verb

sele

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of selar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of selar
3. first-person singular imperative of selar
4. third-person singular imperative of selar