1 SELR
m., pl. selar, but mod. selir, [O. H. G. selah; A. S. seol; Engl.seal; Dan. sæl-hund]:—a seal, Lat. phoca, Fs. 143; egg ok sela (acc.pl.), Sturl. ii. 77: fiska, fogla eða sela, Grág. ii. 337; sela ok fiska, 358; sela alla, 359; syndr sem selr, Nj. 29, cp. Engl. ‘to swim like a duck:’ the phrase, mér er ekki um sel, ‘seal likes me not,’ i. e. I do not like it. For a description of various kinds of seals see Sks. 40–44 new Ed. (opnu-selr, örkn-selr, látr-selr).
2 SELR
2. in local names, Sel-strönd, Sel-vágr, etc.:—as a nickname, Selr, Ó. H.; sels-bani and sels-hefnir, id.; sela-gnúpr, Gísl. 9.
3 SELR
B. COMPDS: selabátr, selbelgr, selbiti, seladráp, selseista, selfeitr, selfiskr, selfita, selhár, selshreifi, selahúðir, selshöfuð, selkolla, selakyn, selalagnir, sellátr, selnasi, selnet, selanætr, selskinn, selskutill, selspik, selssveif, seltíund, seltjara, selvara, selveiðr, selver.