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† selth Obs.
Forms: 1 sǽlþ, 2 sielþ, 2–3 selðe, 2–4 selþ, 3 sealþe, selhðe, selðhe, selehðe, seleȝehðe, seluhðe, Ormin seollþe, sellþe, 3–4 selthe, 4–5 selth.
[OE. sǽlþ str. fem. = OS. sâlda, OHG. sâlida, ON. sǽld:—OTeut. *sǣliþā, f. *sǣli- good, happy: see sele n.]
Prosperity, good fortune, happiness.
In OE. chiefly pl.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. x, Ic nu hæbbe onᵹiten þæt þa mine sælþa & seo orsorᵹnes ðe ic ær wende þæt ᵹesælþa beon sceoldan nane sælþa ne sint. a1175Cott. Hom. 233 Of wam we alle and us sielþe habbeð. c1200Ormin 2823 Þin seollþe iss all unnseȝȝenndlic. c1205Lay. 32059 Selehðe him wes ȝiueðe. a1225Ancr. R. 354 Vor þis is þe meste seluhðe on eorðe hwose mei, uor Godes luue, habben scheome & teone. c1315Shoreham i. 394 Þe bisschop þese wordes seþ, And beþ wordes of selþe. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. xx. 50 Euery gladnesse ys endet wyth sorowe, & euery selth hath wnselth at þe end. |