Sele

m. A hall, house, dwelling :--Cwom bytla (Guthlac) tó ðam beorge . . . wæs sele (his hermitage) níwe, Exon. Th. 146, 24 ; Gú. 714.Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, 343, 16 ; Gn. Ex. 158. Sele (Heorot, Hrothgar's hall) hlifade, heáh and horngeáp, Beo. Th. 163 ; B. 81. Ðes sele, receda sélest, 827 ; B. 411. Ðes windiga sele (hell), Cd. Th. 273, 14 ; Sat. 136. Hé on temple gestód . . . Hé anlícnesse geseh on seles (or from sæl, cf. 1523 ; An. 763) wáge, Andr. Kmbl. 1428 ; An. 714 : Exon. Th. 394, 17 ; Rä. 14, 4. Þegen ðe on cinges sele his hláforde þénode, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 1. Hé (Pharaoh) lǽdan héht wíf tó his selfes sele, Cd. Th. 111, 17 ; Gen. 1857. Geseah hé engles hand in sele (Belshazzar's hall) wrítan, 261, 16 ; Dan. 727. Hié tó sele (the Danish king's hall), gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323. In sele ðam heán, 1431 ; B. 713 : (Hygelac's hall), 3973 ; B. 1984. On sele in the dragon's cave, 6248 ; B. 3128. Tó sele to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 2624 ; An. 1313. Cyning mec on sele weorþaþ, Exon. Th. 401, 12 ; Rä. 21, 10. Ic sóhte sele sinces bryttan, hwǽr ic findan meahte ðone ðe in meodu-healle mec fréfran wolde, 288, 2 ; Wand. 25 : Beo. Th. 1657 ; B. 826 : 4694 ; B. 2352. Sele ásettan, sídne ræced fæste gefégan, Exon. Th. 296, 6 ; Crä. 47. Brúcan ðæs boldes ðe ús gearwaþ gǽsta ealdor ; ðæt is sige-dryhten ðe ðone sele frætweþ, 450, 24 ; Dóm. 92. Innan on ðone ealdan sele, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 13. Ðone werigan sele (hell). Cd. Th. 285, 4 ; Sat. 332. Ongunnon heora burh rǽran and sele settan, salo niw-ian, 113, 2 ; Gen. 1881. [O. Sax. seli ; m. : Icel. salr ; pl. salir : cf. O. H. Ger. seli-hús : Goth. saljan to dwell, abide.]