Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Wonderfully, wondrously.
adj
Rare; wonderful; admirable
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare
From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldalīk, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly. Cognate with Scots selly, silly (“approved, good, worthy”), Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
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- Inherited-form mentionsellyenm
- Inherited-form mentionsellīċang
- Inherited-form mention*seldalīkgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*seldalīkazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionsellysco
- Cognate mentionseldlīkosx · rare, wonderful
- Cognate mention𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃got · wonderful
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