sellere

Middle English

Alternative forms

• seller, seoller, siller, sullere
• sellar, sellare, sellour (Late Middle English)
• zellere (Kent)

Etymology

From sellen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlər(ə)/, /ˈsilər(ə)/

Noun

sellere (plural selleres)

1. A seller or vendor; one who sells.
2. (specifically) One who illegally sells clerical offices; a simoniac.

Descendants

• English: seller
• Scots: seller

References

• “seller(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Pennsylvania German

Determiner

sellere

1. feminine dative singular of seller: that, to that