[sele-gyst], st. m., hall-guest, stranger in hall or house: acc. sg. þone sele-gyst, [1546].
[sele-rædend], pres. part., hall-ruler, possessor of the hall: nom. pl., [51]; acc. leóde mîne sele-rædende, [1347].
[sele-rest], st. f., bed in the hall: acc. sg. sele-reste, [691].
[sele-þegn], st. m., retainer, hall-thane, chamberlain: nom. sg., [1795].
[sele-weard], st. m., hall-ward, guardian of the hall: acc. sg., [668].
[self, sylf], pron., self: nom. sg. strong form, self, [1314], [1925] (? selfa); þu self, [595]; þu þe self, [954]; self cyning (the king himself, the king too), [921], [1011]; sylf, [1965]; in weak form, selfa, [1469]; he selfa, [29], [1734]; þäm þe him selfa deáh (that can rely upon, trust to, himself), [1840]; seolfa, [3068]; he sylfa, [505]; god sylfa, [3055]; acc. sg. m. selfne, [1606]; hine selfne (himself), [962]; hyne selfne (himself, reflex.), [2876]; wið sylfne (beside), [1978]; gen. sg. m. selfes, [701], [896]; his selfes, [1148]; on sînne sylfes dôm (at his own will), [2148]; sylfes, [2224], [2361], [2640], [2711], [2777], [3014]; his sylfes, [2014], [2326]; fem. hire selfre, [1116]; nom. pl. selfe, [419]; Sûð-Dene sylfe, [1997].
ge-[sella], w. m., house-companion, comrade: in comp. hand-gesella.
[sellan, syllan], w. v.: 1) w. acc. of thing, dat. of pers., to give, deliver; permit, grant, present: pres. sg. III. seleð him on êðle eorðan wynne, [1731]; inf. syllan, [2161], [2730]; pret. sg. sealde, [72], [673], [1272], [1694], [1752], [2025], [2156], [2183], [2491], [2995]; nefne god sylfa sealde þam þe he wolde hord openian (unless God himself gave to whom he would to open the hoard), [3056]; pret. sg. II. sealdest, [1483].—2) to give, give up (only w. acc. of thing): ær he feorh seleð (he prefers to give up his life), [1371]; nallas on gylp seleð fätte beágas (giveth out gold-wrought rings, etc.), [1750]; pret. sg. sinc-fato sealde, [623]; pl. byrelas sealdon wîn of wunder-fatum, [1162].
ge-sellan, w. acc. and dat. of pers., to give, deliver; grant, present: inf. ge-sellan, [1030]; pret. sg. ge-sealde, [616], [1053], [1867], [1902], [2143], etc.
[sel-lîc, syl-lîc] (from seld-lîc), adj., strange, wondrous: nom. sg. glôf ... syllîc, [2087]; acc. sg. n. syllîc spell, [2110]; acc. pl. sellîce sæ-dracan, [1427]. Compar. acc. sg. syllîcran wiht (the dragon), [3039].