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"3": "seilden",
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},
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"text": "Middle English: selden, seilden, seldom"
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}
],
"text": "Scots: seld, seldin, seendil"
},
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"form": "seldor",
"tags": [
"comparative"
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"form": "seldost",
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"english": "\"Why don't you fish in the sea?\" \"Sometimes I do, but not much.\"",
"roman": "\"Hwȳ ne fiscast þū on sǣ?\" \"Hwīlum iċ dō, ac seldan.\"",
"text": "early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)",
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"not often: seldom, rarely"
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},
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}
],
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},
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"expansion": "Scots: seld, seldin, seendil",
"name": "desc"
}
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"ipa": "/ˈsel.dɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈseɫ.dɑn]"
}
],
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