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"expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”)",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous, extraordinary, wonderful; having unusually good qualities, excellent, admirable; select, better, superior, choice”), from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly. Cognate with Scots selly, silly (“approved, good, worthy”), Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).",
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"ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:",
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"(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wonderfully, wondrously."
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},
{
"homophone": "celly"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛli"
}
],
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"word": "silly"
},
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"Scotland"
],
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}
],
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"3": "selly"
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"1": "sco",
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{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "seldlīk",
"t": "rare, wonderful"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃",
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},
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}
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"ref": "1995, Robert J. Blanch, Julian N. Wasserman, From Pearl to Gawain:",
"text": "The line is a masterstroke of noncommitment, for the event is a \"selly\" in the sight of some unidentified readers.",
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"A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare"
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"wonder",
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],
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"homophone": "celly"
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}
],
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}
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