† i-selth Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹesǽlð, 2 iselhðe, 2–3 iselðe, iseluhðe.
[OE. ᵹesǽlþ, f. ᵹesǽl- happy; in early ME., in part from ᵹesǽliᵹ: see prec.]
Happiness, felicity, fortune.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxiii, Sio soðe ᵹesælð. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 Swa þet we..on iselhðan to swiðe ne blissian. a 1200 Moral Ode 13 Ich mihte habbe bet idon, hefde ich þe iselþe. a 1225 Ancr. R. 382 Þet is ure iseluhðe þet we beoren in ure bodie Jesu Cristes deadlicnesse. |