† selth Obs.
Forms: 1 sǽlþ, 2 sielþ, 2–3 selðe, 2–4 selþ, 3 sealþe, selhðe, selðhe, selehðe, seleȝehðe, seluhðe, Ormin seollþe, sellþe, 3–4 selthe, 4–5 selth.
[OE. sǽlþ str. fem. = OS. sâlda, OHG. sâlida, ON. sǽld:—OTeut. *sǣliþā, f. *sǣli- good, happy: see sele n.]
Prosperity, good fortune, happiness.
In OE. chiefly pl.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. x, Ic nu hæbbe onᵹiten þæt þa mine sælþa & seo orsorᵹnes ðe ic ær wende þæt ᵹesælþa beon sceoldan nane sælþa ne sint. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Of wam we alle and us sielþe habbeð. c 1200 Ormin 2823 Þin seollþe iss all unnseȝȝenndlic. c 1205 Lay. 32059 Selehðe him wes ȝiueðe. a 1225 Ancr. R. 354 Vor þis is þe meste seluhðe on eorðe hwose mei, uor Godes luue, habben scheome & teone. c 1315 Shoreham i. 394 Þe bisschop þese wordes seþ, And beþ wordes of selþe. c 1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xx. 50 Euery gladnesse ys endet wyth sorowe, & euery selth hath wnselth at þe end. |