Seld-síne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Seld-síne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -sýnde ; Related words:

Definitions

1 seld-síne

adj. Seldom seen, uncommon, unfamiliar :--Cirus geáhsade ðæt ðæm folce seldsiéne and uncúðe wǽron wínes dryncas. Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 12. Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc biþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. [Hit is seltsene on eorðe, H. M. 27, 22. Our speche schal beon seldcene, A. R. 8o, 19. Icel. sjald-sénn.] seld-sine

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᛞ-ᛋᛁᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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