ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sele

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /siːl/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sele is a noun meaning Greeting, salutation.

Meaning

Greeting, salutation.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal, British) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season

Example Sentences

I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, […]
When the morning was come […] so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, […]

Word Forms

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