selbite (selbit)

[ was found at Wolfach in Baden. A similar mineral mixture is found at some Mexican mines, where it is called plat a azul. selch, n. See sealgh . selcoutht (sel'köth), a. and n. [ selcouth , selkouth, selkowth, selcuth , selkuth , selcūth , seld - cuth , strange, wonderful, seld , rarely, + cuth , known: see seld and couth. Cf. uncouth .] I. a . Rarely or little known; unusual; uncom- mon; strange; wonderful. I se zondyr a ful selcouth syght, Wher-of be-for no synge was seene. York Plays , p. 74. Now riden this folk and walken on fote To sec he that seint in selcouthe londis. Piers Plowman (A), vi. 2. Yet nathemore his meaning she ared, But wondred much at his so selcouth case. Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 14. II. n. A wonder; a marvel. And sythen I loked vpon the see and so forth vpon the sterres, Many selcouthes I seygh ben nought lo seye nout he. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 355. Sore longet the lede lagher to wende, Sum selkowth to se the sercle with-in. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13506. selcouthlyt (sel'köth-li), adv. [ME. selcoutheli; The stiward of spayne, that stern was & bold, Hadde bi-seged that cite selcoutheli hard. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3263. seldt (seld), adv . [Early mod. E. also selde , seelde ; seld , seld , adv. (in compar. seld or , seldre , superl. seldost , and in comp.: see selcouth, seldseen, selly , etc.), = OHG. MHG. G. selt- = Sw. säll- = Dan. sæl- =Goth. sild a- (only in comp. and deriv.); prob. from an orig. adj. (the E. adj. appears much later and evidently as taken from the adverb), with formative -d (see -ed2, -d2), perhaps from the root of Goth. silan in ana - silan , become silent, = L. silere , be silent: see silent . Cf. seldom .] Rarely; seldom. For grete power and moral vertu heere Is selde yseyn in o person yfeere. Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 168. Goods lost are seld or never found. Shak., Pa ionate Pilgrim, 1. 175.