selly
selly · sellies
A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rareA marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare
/ˈsɛli/
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare
Origin
From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strangFrom Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldalīk, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly.
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