"sele" meaning in Middle English

See sele in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /seːl/, /sɛːl/ Forms: seles [plural]
Etymology: From Old English sǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sǣl}} Old English sǣl, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sālī}} Proto-West Germanic *sālī, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sēliz}} Proto-Germanic *sēliz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} sele, {{enm-noun}} sele (plural seles)
  1. happiness, prosperity, fortune
    Sense id: en-sele-enm-noun-jqxIGtys Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. time, duration, season
    Sense id: en-sele-enm-noun-VccDhcCP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cele, seile, seel, sel

Download JSON data for sele meaning in Middle English (1.8kB)

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    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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