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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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¶SELLIBLE, adj. ? E.D.D. connects with Seil and defines as “pleasant, happy, blessed”, but this is hardly possible either formally or contextually.Slk. 1820 Hogg Poems (1874) 287:
Short time had he sped in that sellible strife.
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"Sellible adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 22 Mar 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/sellible>
