seldan
Old English
adv
Definitions
- seldom, rarely
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *seldana.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*seldana
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- seldom English
- sjelden Norwegian Bokmål
- *seldana Proto-Germanic
- sjeldan Norwegian Nynorsk
- seelden Middle English
- seeldyn Middle English
- selden Middle English
- seldom Middle English
- seldomly Middle English
- seldyn Middle English
- sielden Middle English
- sjaldan Old Norse
- sjælden Danish
- sjaldan Icelandic
- *seldan Old High German
- seltan Old High German
- sjáldan Faroese
- selten Middle High German
- *seldan Old Dutch
- seldan Old Saxon
- siäldan Old Swedish