(obsolete) A seat, throne. / (obsolete) A shop. (In Medieval Latin records selda or silda (cf. Latin sella (“seat, chair”)); also in Anglo-Norman form seude). Also, a stand for spectators.

(archaic) Rare, uncommon. / Unusual, unwonted.

(obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.

plural of seld

Infrequently, rarely.

(archaic) Rare; infrequent.

People who make threats rarely carry them out.

(rare, sometimes proscribed) Seldom; rarely.

superlative form of seldom: most seldom

(archaic) comparative form of seldom: more seldom