seld

Meaning

Adj

1. Rare, uncommon.
2. Unusual, unwonted.

Noun

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.

Adv

Seldom.

Synonyms

infrequently

rare

rarely

seldom

unusual

unoften

Etymology

From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).