The place was originally known as the Convento di Selva, the Convent of the Wood, which was also called the Selva di Lago, because of the lake or swamp (afterwards drained) that lay at the foot of the hill.
The lanes end and woods appear--we are approaching the great Selva del Comune.
In the Divine Comedy it had been love which had let Dante out of the selva oscura; here the selva oscura is love and it is reason or experience who delivers Boccaccio.
Senz' altro dubbio se 'l pone a seguire, E già son giunti ad una selva scura Appunto in mezzo a quellaselva piana, Era un bel prato intorno a una fontana.
At each page we are reminded of those groves which were originally the indispensable appendage of the Franciscan monasteries: La selva ch' era allora allato a S.
Thach in sted fon im to helpane nei thet Twiskland, alsa fljuchte hju selva mith im overe Wrsara and forth nei tha Magy.
Thrvch lesta wiston hja-ra selva master to makjande fon vsa ewa and setma, and thrvch wankethinga wiston hja alles to wisa and to vrbruda.
Vmb iraselva nw en gode skin to jevane, leton hja ra selva in vsa tal ana trowe wydena heta, men that were betre west, as hja ra selva fon there trowe wendena nomath hede, jefta kirt wei trjuwendne lik vsa stjurar leter den have.
Emong Findas folk send wanwysa, ther thrvch hjara overfindingrikhed alsa arg send, that hja hjara selva wis makja and tha inewida bitjuga, that hja thet besta del send fon Wr.
Lik al tham is that Findas folk, hja bogath immer ovir goda ewa; ek wil setma makja vmb-et kwad to werane, men selvanil nimman theran bonden wesa.
Tha prestera send tha engosta hera, hja heton hjara selva Magjara, hjara aller ovirste het Magy, hi is havedprester and kening mith en, allet ore folk is nul in-t siffer and ellik and al vnder hjara weld.
T-is wer, that Irtha warth bihwyla ak Alfedstre heten, thrvchdam hju alle fruechd and nochta berth, hwermitha mannisk and djar hjara selva fede.
Lorenzo's Selva d'amore and Caccia col falcone might also be mentioned in the same connexion.
Selva attempts to arrest Fenella, but the fishermen rescue her and Masaniello gives the signal for the general uprising.
Maria d'Arxel, at one and twenty, had fallen In love with Giovanni Selva after having read one of his books on religious philosophy, translated into French.
I fear," said he, "we shall weary Signora Selva if we talk now of the subject to be discussed at the meeting.
Half an hour before she reached the Grand Hôtel Giovanni and Maria Selva arrived there.
The next day he asked me whether I had met Selva at Subiaco, and had read his books.
They must be the two ladies Signora Selva expected.
Don Clemente had telegraphed to Selva that he would reach Rome the next morning at ten o'clock.
Neither Giovanni Selva nor his wife had been able to come to Noemi at this great crisis, for Selva was seriously ill at the time.
I tell you, we're in for bad times," de Selva sermonized before a group.
Count de Selva sat down beside Raul, breathing through a corner of his mouth, an unlighted cigar between his fingers.
An obese, asthmatic man, de Selva preferred to wait until the chapel ceremony began before showing himself; he had come only out of respect for the Medina family, scarcely remembering Caterina.
De Selva talked of fleeing to Mexico City, where he owned a house.
Count deSelva had come with his fat wife and three sons.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "selva" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
