Meaning

2 senses
  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.

Origin

From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metatheti

From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).

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Forms

plural: selds
Singularseld
Pluralselds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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