† selthn.
Obsolete.
Prosperity, good fortune, happiness. In Old English chiefly plural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun]
selthc888
healc950
wealOE
goder-heala1225
prosperity?c1225
wealtha1300
statec1300
healtha1325
welfare1357
theedom1362
wealfulnessc1374
bonchiefa1387
felicity1393
boota1400
wella1400
wealsc1400
well-doingc1440
prosperancea1460
happiness?1473
quartfulness1483
brightnessa1500
goodnessa1500
sonsea1500
thriftiness?1529
prosperation1543
well-being1561
prosperousness1600
fair world1641
thrivingness1818
goldenness1829
palminess1875
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun]
selthc888
bliss971
eadinessOE
seleOE
eadilaikc1175
blissfulnessc1374
seelinessc1374
felicityc1386
seelihead14..
beneurte1480
brightnessa1500
happinessa1500
glee1579
faustity1656
eudemony1727
a song in one's heart1862
the bluebird of happiness1911
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. x Ic nu hæbbe ongiten þæt þa mine sælþa & seo orsorgnes ðe ic ær wende þæt gesælþa beon sceoldan nane sælþa ne sint.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Of wam we alle and us sielþe habbeð.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2823 Þin seollþe iss all unnseȝȝenndlic.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 261 For þis is þe selchðe oneorðe. hwase mei for godes luue habbe scheome & teone.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16004 Selehðe him wes ȝiueðe.
c1315 Shoreham i. 394 Þe bisschop þese wordes seþ, And beþ wordes of selþe.
c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xx. 50 Euery gladnesse ys endet wyth sorowe, & euery selth hath wnselth at þe end.
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