selde

Middle English

/seːld/, /seːld/

noun

Definitions

A store, shop or booth.
A seat, a throne; a headquarters or capital.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English seld, setl (seat, that upon which one sits, a seat, sitting, a place to sit, a settle) derived from Proto-Germanic *setlą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*setlą

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

selcouth English
seld English
seldseen English
selly English
*setlą Proto-Germanic
cearseld Old English
cynesetl Old English
hringsetl Old English
medusetl Old English
seld Old English
seldsīne Old English
sellic Old English
sellīċ Old English
setl Old English
setlan Old English
setlgang Old English
setlgangende Old English
wintersetl Old English
sahtlen Middle English
seen Middle English
seldscene Middle English
selly Middle English
toll Middle English
tolsey Middle English
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