sele - What does it mean?

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While 'sele' is likely a misspelling you may have been searching for a specific social media @sele profile or the tag #sele

'sele' is a common misspelling of 'seel'

The correct spelling of 'seel'

ends with the letters 'el'.

This incorrect spelling 'sele'

ends with the letters 'le'.

'sele' Spelling Rule

Unfortunately there is no easy rule for when to use 'el' or 'le'. The ending of 'seel' instead of 'sele' has determined by a mixture of which language the root word originated from (French, German, Latin, Greek, etc) then if it is a verb or a noun and lastly who published it in a Dictionary first. For example British and American dictionaries can vary.

Definition of 'seel' not 'sele'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)

(obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en-noun)

(UK|dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss.

(UK|dialectal) Opportunity; time; season.

the seel of the day

Derived terms

* (l) * (l)

Etymology 3

From (etyl) (m), .

Verb

(en-verb)

(falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk.

* J. Reading

Fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.

(by extension) To blind.

Etymology 4

Compare (etyl) , and (etyl) (m) (transitive verb).

Verb

(en-verb)

(intransitive|obsolete|of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.

* Samuel Pepys

(Sir Walter Raleigh)

Noun

(en-noun)

The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.

(Sandys)

Anagrams

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