Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English selde (“seat, store”), from Old English seld (noun), neuter, metathetic form of setl (noun) (English settle).
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| selds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).
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| most seld | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more seld | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
seld · uncommon · in short supply · as queer as Dick's hatband · unearthly · rum · fremd · scarce · unfrequent · heteroclite · singular · few and far between · geason · curious · outlandish · abnormal · seldom · queer as a clockwork orange · unreasonable · irregular · fey · booky · weird · odd · out of the ordinary · incongruitous · scantling · yampy · freakish · bizarre · nonstandard · superrare · unusual · monstrous · queer as a three dollar bill · rummy · infrequent · unexpected · quaint · selcouth · aberrant · unwonted · incongruous · freak · selly · unconventional · odd · deviant · weird · kooky · anomalous · queer as Dick's hatband · alien · raresome · uncommon · scarce · rare · exceptional · queer as a nine bob note · seld · queer as a coot · uncouth · freaky · trippy · uncommon · bizarre · extraordinary · weirdsome · selcouth · strange · eldritch · funny · queer · peculiar · non-common · errant · eerie · forby · rare · infrequent · discrepant · outré · hinky · dearthy · scant · uncanny
From Middle English selde (adjective) and selde (adverb), a back-formation from Old English seldor (“more seldom”), seldost (“most seldom”).
knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191
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| more seld | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most seld | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
occasionally · from time to time · sporadically · scarcely · while · sometimes · uncommonly · ever and anon · intermittently · on occasion · now and then · irregularly · at times · every once in a while · every so often · infrequently · uncommonly · once in a while · every now and then · whilom · now and again