seli

Ido

Noun

seli

  1. plural of selo

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣliġ. Cognate to Middle High German sælic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seːliː/

Adjective

seli

  1. sely

Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

seli m

  1. harness
Declension
  Declension of seli (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative seli selinn selar selarnir
accusative sela selann sela selana
dative sela selanum selum selunum
genitive sela selans sela selanna
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sele
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sele

References
  • seli in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

seli

  1. dative singular of sel n
  2. dative singular of selr m

Verb

seli

  1. third-person present subjunctive of selja

Swahili

Etymology

From English cell.

Noun

seli (n class, plural seli)

  1. (biology) cell (basic unit of an organism)

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms
  • säli

Etymology

From Old Norse selja, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²seːlɪ/, /²sɛːɭɪ/

Verb

seli (preterite seelld, supine sellt)

  1. (active verb) To sell.
    hån säälld i kåo
    he sold a cow
    I ha hårt saijjäs att han no skull ha fatt seli saga, åm han bara hadd veilld.
    I have heard said, that he likely would have been able to sell the saw, if only he had wanted to.
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