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Seldor

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1 seldor

cpve. : seldost ; spve. (the positive seems expressed by seldan, which however has a comparative seldnor) ; adSeldan raro, seldor rarius, ealra seldost (-ast, MS. H.) rarissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Zup. 240, 13. Tó seldan hit biþ, beó hit seldor on dæg ðæt wé God herian ðonne seofon síðum, Btwk. 194, 11. Bæþ ðám untrumum, swá oft swá hit framige, sý geboden ; hálum sý seldor getíðod, R. Ben. 61, 1. Ðæt ungestæððige folc wundraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 216, 2. [Gon seldere þene he sholde to his chirche, O. E. Homl. ii. 207, 26. Icel. sjaldar.] seldor
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᛞᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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