† selestadj.

Forms: early Old English soelest, Old English selast, Old English selust, Old English (rare)–early Middle English sælest, Old English (rare)–early Middle English sælost, Old English–early Middle English selest, Old English–early Middle English selost, late Old English seolest, early Middle English selysþe.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: < the same Germanic base as Old English sēl , adverb (see seler adj.) + the Germanic base of -est suffix. Compare seler adj. Functioning as a (suppletive) superlative form of good adj. (see discussion at that entry). Compare also the inferred positive form sele adj., which developed in early Middle English.Compare Old English sēlest , sēlost (adverb) best (in various senses), corresponding to the comparative form sēl (adverb) better (see seler adj.):OE Andreas (1932) 411 Þonne fira bearn, ellenrofe, æht besittaþ, hwylc hira selost symle gelæste hlaforde æt hilde.OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 270 Leornige [gehwa] Godes beboda æt wisum lareowum and þa healde swa he selost mæge.OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 135 Lær me syþþan, hu ic ðin soðfæst word selest gehealde.

Obsolete.

Best (in various senses).

ΚΠ

OE Dream of Rood 27 Ongan þa word sprecan wudu selesta.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) x. 42 Maria geces þæne selestan dæl.

OE Menologium 168 Þy seofoþan dæg þæt acenned wearð cwena selost, drihtnes modor.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 7 Þæt byd selysþe wið þa adle.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1973 He ferde awæi ouer sæ Þat him þuhte selest [c1300 Otho his beste].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12795 Wind heom stod on wille selest alre wedere.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	selest
释义	† selestadj. Forms: early Old English soelest, Old English selast, Old English selust, Old English (rare)–early Middle English sælest, Old English (rare)–early Middle English sælost, Old English–early Middle English selest, Old English–early Middle English selost, late Old English seolest, early Middle English selysþe. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: < the same Germanic base as Old English sēl , adverb (see seler adj.) + the Germanic base of -est suffix. Compare seler adj. Functioning as a (suppletive) superlative form of good adj. (see discussion at that entry). Compare also the inferred positive form sele adj., which developed in early Middle English.Compare Old English sēlest , sēlost (adverb) best (in various senses), corresponding to the comparative form sēl (adverb) better (see seler adj.):OE Andreas (1932) 411 Þonne fira bearn, ellenrofe, æht besittaþ, hwylc hira selost symle gelæste hlaforde æt hilde.OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 270 Leornige [gehwa] Godes beboda æt wisum lareowum and þa healde swa he selost mæge.OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 135 Lær me syþþan, hu ic ðin soðfæst word selest gehealde. Obsolete. Best (in various senses). ΚΠ OE Dream of Rood 27 Ongan þa word sprecan wudu selesta. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) x. 42 Maria geces þæne selestan dæl. OE Menologium 168 Þy seofoþan dæg þæt acenned wearð cwena selost, drihtnes modor. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 7 Þæt byd selysþe wið þa adle. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1973 He ferde awæi ouer sæ Þat him þuhte selest [c1300 Otho his beste]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12795 Wind heom stod on wille selest alre wedere. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.OE
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