adv. Obs. [OE. unseldan (un- UN-1 11 b + seldan: see SELD adv.), = Du. onzelden, G. unselten, ON. úsjaldan.] = next.
Only in phr. with oft: cf. ON. oft úsjaldan.
a. 950. Laws Edw. & Guthrum, Prol., in Thorpe, Ags. Laws, I. 166. Þa witan eac … oft & unseldan þæt seolfe ʓeniwodon.
c. 967. Canons of Edgar, ibid. II. 278. Mislice men agyltað oft & unseldon þurh deofles scyfe.
c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 2313. Oft and vnselde Of triamour tok he pray.
