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Adjective [English]

Forms: more seld [comparative], most seld [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|selde|pos=a}} Middle English selde (adjective), {{der|en|ang|seldor|t=more seldom}} Old English seldor (“more seldom”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)
  1. (archaic) Rare, uncommon. Tags: archaic Synonyms: infrequent, scarce, uncommon, rare
    Sense id: en-seld-en-adj-ZBovF-p~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 39 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 2 20 1 12 24 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 24 1 9 22 17 2 2
  2. Unusual, unwonted. Synonyms: bizarre, odd, weird, strange
    Sense id: en-seld-en-adj-B4xPDGZx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [English]

Forms: more seld [comparative], most seld [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|selde|pos=a}} Middle English selde (adjective), {{der|en|ang|seldor|t=more seldom}} Old English seldor (“more seldom”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} seld (comparative more seld, superlative most seld)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Seldom. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete Synonyms: infrequently, scarcely, uncommonly, occasionally Related terms: selly
    Sense id: en-seld-en-adv-CDOWDZhl Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 39 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 2 20 1 12 24 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 24 1 9 22 17 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: selds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|selde|id=store|t=seat, store}} Middle English selde (“seat, store”), {{inh|en|ang|seld|pos=n}} Old English seld (noun), {{cog|en|settle}} English settle Head templates: {{en-noun}} seld (plural selds)
  1. (obsolete) A seat, throne. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-seld-en-noun-mU~-dZwC
  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. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-seld-en-noun-fhYufh2X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 39 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 2 20 1 12 24 18 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: selt [neuter, singular], selde [definite, plural, singular]
Head templates: {{head|nn|participle|neuter singular|selt|definite singular and plural|selde|cat2=past participles}} seld (neuter singular selt, definite singular and plural selde)
  1. sold; past participle of selja Tags: participle
    Sense id: en-seld-nn-verb-W6DEphbs Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 2 20 1 12 24 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 24 1 9 22 17 2 2

Noun [Old English]

Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} seld n, {{ang-noun|n}} seld n
  1. Alternative form of setl (“seat, throne”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, neuter Alternative form of: setl (extra: seat, throne)
    Sense id: en-seld-ang-noun-8nmFPW0R Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 18 2 20 1 12 24 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 2 24 1 9 22 17 2 2

Adjective [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *seldaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*seldaz}} Proto-Germanic *seldaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective}} *seld Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], seld [masculine, nominative, singular], seldu [feminine, nominative, singular], seld [neuter, nominative, singular], seldanā [accusative, masculine, singular], seldā [accusative, feminine, singular], seld [accusative, neuter, singular], seldas [genitive, masculine, singular], seldeʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], seldas [genitive, neuter, singular], seldumē [dative, masculine, singular], seldeʀē [dative, feminine, singular], seldumē [dative, neuter, singular], seldu [instrumental, masculine, singular], seldeʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], seldu [instrumental, neuter, singular], seldē [masculine, nominative, plural], seldō [feminine, nominative, plural], seldu [neuter, nominative, plural], seldā [accusative, masculine, plural], seldā [accusative, feminine, plural], seldu [accusative, neuter, plural], seldeʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], seldeʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], seldeʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], seldēm [dative, masculine, plural], seldum [dative, masculine, plural], seldēm [dative, feminine, plural], seldum [dative, feminine, plural], seldēm [dative, neuter, plural], seldum [dative, neuter, plural], seldēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], seldum [instrumental, masculine, plural], seldēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], seldum [feminine, instrumental, plural], seldēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], seldum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. rare Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-seld-gmw-pro-adj-UCcMEsCG Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Welsh]

Forms: seldiau [plural], seldi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English seld. Etymology templates: {{bor+|cy|en|seld}} Borrowed from English seld Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|seldiau|pl2=seldi}} seld f (plural seldiau or seldi, not mutable)
  1. dresser Tags: feminine, not-mutable Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms: dreser
    Sense id: en-seld-cy-noun-NRx303GF Disambiguation of Furniture: 51 49 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. sideboard Tags: feminine, not-mutable Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms: seldfwrdd, ystlysfwrdd
    Sense id: en-seld-cy-noun-qZnjEMrO Disambiguation of Furniture: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seldfwrdd (english: sideboard)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "seldeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "seldumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "seldō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
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        [
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        "reconstruction"
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
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        "obsolete"
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        "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
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      "form": "most seld",
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    }
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      "args": {},
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        "Rare, uncommon."
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          "word": "rare"
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        "archaic"
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        {
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}

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    "Pages with 4 entries",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most seld",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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          "text": "knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge."
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    "cy:Furniture"
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "form": "selde",
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms",
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        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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          "selja#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "cy:Furniture"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "head": "",
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        "sort": ""
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        "Pages with entries"
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        "alternative",
        "neuter"
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    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "seld",
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        "nominative",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seld",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "seldanā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seld",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "seldas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "seldeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "seldumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seldumē",
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        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*seld",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/seld",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seld"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for pronunciation in Welsh entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh non-mutable terms",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms borrowed from English",
    "Welsh terms derived from English",
    "cy:Furniture"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sideboard",
      "word": "seldfwrdd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "seld"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English seld",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English seld.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "seldiau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seldi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "seldiau",
        "pl2": "seldi"
      },
      "expansion": "seld f (plural seldiau or seldi, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dresser"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dresser",
          "dresser"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dreser"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sideboard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sideboard",
          "sideboard"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seldfwrdd"
        },
        {
          "word": "ystlysfwrdd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "seld"
}

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