† seldseenadj.

Forms: Old English seldsíene, seldsýnde, Middle English seldcene, seltsene, seltscene, 1500s seldsene, seildsene, seeldseene, 1500s–1600s seldseen(e.

Etymology: Old English seldsíene = Middle Dutch seltsiene , Old High German seltsâni (Middle High German seltsæne , modern German with change of suffix seltsam ), Old Norse sialdsénn (Swedish has sällsam after German) < Germanic *seldosewnjo- , -sǣwnjo- : see seldom adv. and adj. and sene adj.

Obsolete.

Seldom to be seen or met with; rare. (By 16th cent. writers sometimes analysed as seld seen.)

ΚΠ

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) ii. iv. 76 Cirus geahsade..þæt þæm folce seldsiene & uncuðe wæron wines dryncas.

c959 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. (1845) III. 450 Ælc seldsynde fisc ðe weorðlic byð.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Ouwer speche schal beo seld sene.

c1230 Hali Meid. 37 Hit is selt sene on eorðe.

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. viii. sig. Cij Thales..was asked what was the most difficill & seldest sene thinge? He answered an olde Tyrant. A selde sene thinge in deade.

c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. 63 Seildsene costly stones.

1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. C The most precious-seld-seene Vnicorne.

1916 E. Blunden Pastorals 30 Even as she flung the seld-seen gaud away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	seldseen
释义	† seldseenadj. Forms: Old English seldsíene, seldsýnde, Middle English seldcene, seltsene, seltscene, 1500s seldsene, seildsene, seeldseene, 1500s–1600s seldseen(e. Etymology: Old English seldsíene = Middle Dutch seltsiene , Old High German seltsâni (Middle High German seltsæne , modern German with change of suffix seltsam ), Old Norse sialdsénn (Swedish has sällsam after German) < Germanic seldosewnjo- , -sǣwnjo-* : see seldom adv. and adj. and sene adj. Obsolete. Seldom to be seen or met with; rare. (By 16th cent. writers sometimes analysed as seld seen.) ΚΠ c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) ii. iv. 76 Cirus geahsade..þæt þæm folce seldsiene & uncuðe wæron wines dryncas. c959 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. (1845) III. 450 Ælc seldsynde fisc ðe weorðlic byð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Ouwer speche schal beo seld sene. c1230 Hali Meid. 37 Hit is selt sene on eorðe. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. viii. sig. Cij Thales..was asked what was the most difficill & seldest sene thinge? He answered an olde Tyrant. A selde sene thinge in deade. c1590 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. 63 Seildsene costly stones. 1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. C The most precious-seld-seene Vnicorne. 1916 E. Blunden Pastorals 30 Even as she flung the seld-seen gaud away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c893
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