sél

adj good; 1. of health; 2. good, worthy, having excellent qualities or properties; 2a. good, great, excellent; 3. good of its kind, (a) of persons, possessing the excellence of a class, excellent, well-qualified, clever, skillful, efficient; (b) of things; 3a. marking the rank or class of a person; 4. good, advantageous, to one's interest, advisable, fitting, fit; 5. good, honorable, noble, proper; 6. of value, precious; 7. good, happy, pleasant; 7a. sound, healthy, happy, prosperous; cmp sélra, sélla; spl sélest, sélost; [sǽl]

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adv better; also sélor; better; 1. of health; 1a. of moral or spiritual well-being; 2. of knowledge; 3. of the operation of the senses; hé biþ swá micle sél gehíered; 4. denoting excellence in act or in conduct; sélost híe rǽdaþ they read best; 5. denoting advantage or profit; 6. denoting success or good result, with (more) success, (more) effectually, to (more) purpose; hú man sélost mæg synna forbúgan how sins may be most effectually be avoided; 7. with verbs of liking or pleasing, rather, sooner, in preference; hé nánum menn sél ne úðe þonne mé there was no one he would sooner give it to than me; also sélor; spl sélost; [sǽl]