eldertongue

Old English · noun

seldcyme

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈseld.ky.me/
[ˈseɫd.ky.me]
Syllables
ˈseld · ky · me (3 syllables)
Modern English
rarevisit

Meaning

  1. rare visit

    Wulf, mīn Wulf, wēna mē þīne sēoce ġedydon, þīne seldcymas, murnende mōd, nales metelīste.

    Wulf, my Wulf, hopes for thee made me sick, thy rare-comings, mourning mind, not at all from foodlessness.

    10th century, Wulf and Eadwacer:

Declension

Declension of seldcyme
SingularPlural
Nominative seldcymeseldcymas
Accusative seldcymeseldcymas
Genitive seldcymesseldcyma
Dative seldcymeseldcymum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From seld- (“rare”) + cyme (“visit, coming”).

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