Sælþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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sælþ

f. A dwelling, abode :-- Bare hié gesáwon heora líchaman næfdon on ðam lande ðá giet sælþa gesetena bare they (Adam and Eve after the fall) saw their bodies, they had not yet in the land dwellings appointed. Cd. Th. 48, 33; Gen. 785. [O. Sax. seliða ; f. a dwelling: O. L. Ger. salitha, selitha tabernaculum, habitaculum: Goth. salithwa; f. a mansion, lodging, guest-chamber; O. H. Ger. salida, selida; f. mansio, domicilium, habitaculum.] sælþ