sele
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sele (“happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time”), from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles)
- (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
- (obsolete or dialectal, British) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
- greeting, salutation
- 1862, George Borrow, chapter XXXV, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery[1] (Fiction), Read Central, archived from the original on 31 October 2013:
- 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, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles[2] (Fantasy), published 2005, page 245:
- 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, […]
Derived terms[edit]
- haysel (“hay season”)
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele n
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- sele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- sele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- sele in Internetová jazyková příručka
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
sele
Anagrams[edit]
Fijian[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele
Verb[edit]
sele
- cut (with a knife)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele (plural seles)
Descendants[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)
- a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
- braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sållå (dialectal)
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)
- a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
- braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)
- (rare, colloquial) seat belt
- Synonym: bilbelte
Usage notes[edit]
Depending on dialect, this term can also mean different parts of horse harness.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “sele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *sali, 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 село (selo), Russian село́ (seló). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl (“great hall, (large) house, castle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele m (nominative plural selas)
- 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)
- tabernacle, gesele
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- bānsele (“body (bone-house)”)
- bēagsel, bēagsele (“hall in which rings are distributed”)
- bēorsele (“beer-hall, banqueting hall”)
- burgsele (“castle-hall, house”)
- burnsele (“bath-house”)
- dēaþsele (“death-hall, hell”)
- drēorsele (“dreary hall”)
- dryhtsele (“princely hall”)
- eorþsele (“cave-dwelling”)
- gesele (“tabernacle”)
- goldsele (“hall in which gold is distributed”)
- gæstsele (“guest-hall”)
- grundsele (“abysmal dwelling”)
- gūþsele (“hall of warriors”)
- hēahsele (“high hall”)
- hornsele (“house with gables”)
- hringsele (“hall in which rings are bestowed”)
- hrōfsele (“roofed hall”)
- nīþsele (“hall of conflict”)
- seledrēam (“hall-joy, festivity”)
- seleful (“hall-goblet”)
- seleġesċēot, selesċot (“tabernaculum, tent, lodging-place, nest”) (German Geschoss)
- selegyst (“hall-guest”)
- selerǣdend (“hall ruler or possessor”)
- selerest (“bed in hall”)
- selesecg (“retainer”)
- seleþegn (“hall-thane, retainer, attendant”)
- seleweard (“hall-warden”)
- þacsele, þæcsele (“a building with a thatched roof”)
- willsele (“pleasant dwelling”)
- wyrmsele (“hall of serpents, hell”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “sele”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sele”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele oblique singular, f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)
- saddle (equipment used on a horse)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Old Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu.
Noun[edit]
sēle f
Inflection[edit]
Strong feminine o-stem
References[edit]
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
sele
- inflection of selar:
Sotho[edit]
Enumerative[edit]
sele
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sele
- inflection of ser:
- second-person singular imperative combined with le
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le
Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Arabic سَلَّة (salla), from Classical Syriac ܣܲܠܛܵܐ (sallətā, “basket”).
Noun[edit]
sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | sele | |
Definite accusative | seleyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | sele | seleler |
Definite accusative | seleyi | seleleri |
Dative | seleye | selelere |
Locative | selede | selelerde |
Ablative | seleden | selelerden |
Genitive | selenin | selelerin |
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | sele | |
Definite accusative | seleyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | sele | seleler |
Definite accusative | seleyi | seleleri |
Dative | seleye | selelere |
Locative | selede | selelerde |
Ablative | seleden | selelerden |
Genitive | selenin | selelerin |
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)
- Alternative form of sere
References[edit]
- “sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- en:Happiness
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- Rhymes:Czech/ɛlɛ
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- Czech lemmas
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- cs:Baby animals
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
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- nb:Horse tack
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- nn:Horse tack
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with rare senses
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- Portuguese non-lemma forms
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ele
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- Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic
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