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▪ I. † ˈselly, a., adv. and n. Obs.
Forms: 1 sellic, syllik, seldlik, 2 sullic, 3 sellic, -lik, sellich(e, (sælliche), seollic(h(e, sillich, sullich, (4 sellike), 3–4 selli, seli, (3 selle), 4 celly, (celli, solly), 4–5 selly, 4–6 sely.
[OE. sellic (adv. sellíce), seldlic, corresp. to Goth. sildaleik-s strange:—OTeut. *seldolīko-: see seldom and -ly1.]
A. adj. Strange, marvellous, wonderful.
Beowulf 3038 (Gr.) ær hi þær ᵹeseᵹan syllicran wiht, wyrm on wonge wiðerræhtes þær laðne licᵹean. a1000Boeth. Metr. xxviii. 53 (Gr.) Is þæt sellic ðincg þæt hi ne wundriað, hu [etc.]. c1205Lay. 6438 Wnder þon hær com tidinde..þat wes icumen of þær sæ a deor swiðe sellich [c 1275 sullich]. Ibid. 7328 Sillich [c 1275 seollich] us þuncheð Cezar. c1250Gen. & Ex. 466 Sella..bar tubal, a sellic smið. a1300Cursor M. 26010 And it agh be sa selle wonder Als þof his hert him brest in sunder. 13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 248 Herkneth nou a selli tiding! 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1439 Þenne þay beten on þe bushez, &..On þe sellokest swyn swenged out þere. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15171 Þat estre Þat we on Englische calle Roucestre; Byforn hit hadde a name selly In Breton, Dorciberni. c1384Chaucer H. Fame 513 For now at erste shul ye here So selly an avisioun, That Isaye..Ne mette swich a dreem as this! c1400Destr. Troy 8713 The sorow þat ho suffert were solly to here. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 3513 Of tham this was a selly case, That nowther wist what other wase.
B. adv. Wonderfully, marvellously, strangely.
a1000Sal. & Sat. 149 (Gr.) Næfre hie ðæs syllice bleoum breᵹdað æfter bancofan federhoman onfoð. Ibid. 269 Se fuᵹel..singgeð syllice. c1205Lay. 20179 Þat he com to Eouerwic riden swiðe sellic [c 1275 sellich]. Ibid. 30579 He igrap a nail sax selliche kene and wel iwhæt. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1315 Sellik ðu art on werlde cumen, Sellic ðu salt ben heðen numen. a1290Pains of Hell (MS. Digby 86) 191 For fendes hem stondeþ bi And pineþ hem swiþe selli. a1300Cursor M. 2271 Þis tour was selli mad vpright, Fiue thusand steppes it had on hight. c1325Metr. Hom. (1862) 72 This womane yode wit chylde full lange, And tholed paynes sely strang. a1375Joseph Arim. 94 He lette sle for his sake selli mony children. a1450Le Morte Arth. 3387 Hys brodyr..Was sely seke and sore vnsounde. Ibid. 3482 That shall thou rew sely sore.
C. n. Marvel, wonder; something wonderful. Phrase, to have selly.
a1200Moral Ode 181 in Lamb. Hom. 171 Nis na sullic [v.rr. sellic, sellich, seollich] þech hom bo wa and hom bo uneade. c1205Lay. 18730 Nu ihere ich muche seollic [c 1275 sellich]. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3260 Ð is bode herde king pharaon And him ðuhte sellic ðer-on. 13..Childh. Jesus 176 in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXIV. 329 No celly þof þai chaunged chere. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 239 For fele sellyez had þay sen, bot such neuer are. Ibid. 475, I haf sen a selly. c1400St. Alexius (Vernon MS.) 104 Þat chirche was of vr ladi, þer-inne was a gret celli [Laud MS. 108 selly], an ymage of hire sone. c1400Destr. Troy 5153 All the souerayns hade selly..Of priam, the price Kyng, þat prudly hade saide. a1400–50Wars Alex. 2551 He sall vs sett on a-saute & surely encounbre If þai were sary & so na selly [Dubl. MS. no selly] me thingke.
Hence † ˈsellyly adv. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 963 Þe tweyne yȝen, & þe nase, þe naked lyppez, & þose were soure to se, & sellyly blered.
▪ II. selly(e
variant forms of seely a. |