Middle English Dictionary Entry
selle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | selle n. |
| Etymology | OF sele, selle & L sella. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A seat; a seat of honor; a low stool; (b) a saddle.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.14.21 : Thei shulden..to eche sellis, or smale setis, ben brouȝt forth, and putt.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1746 : Heyl, set in þyn selle..I cum to þe talys to telle.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)804/23 : Hec sella: a selle.
b
- c1440 Thos.Ercel.(Thrn)49 : Hir selle [vr. sadyl] it was of roelle bone.