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語源

From Proto-West Germanic *seldanā. Cognate with Old High German seltan, Old Norse sjaldan.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsel.dɑn/, [ˈseɫ.dɑn]

副詞

seldan (comparative seldor, superlative seldost)

1. not often: seldom, rarely
   • early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)

     [Teacher:] Forhwȳ ne fiscast þū on sæ?
     [Student:] Hwīlum iċ dō, ac seldan, forþon miċel hrēow mē is tō sæ.

     — Why don't you fish on the sea? [Rather than only on rivers or lakes]
     — Sometimes I do, but rarely, because I feel great sorrow at sea.

反意語

• oft

関連する語

• selden

派生した語

• Middle English: selden, seilden, seldom
  • English: seldom
  • Scots: seld, seldin, seendil