selcouth

a. (sĕl"kŪth)

[AS. selcūð, seldcūð; seld rare + cūð known. See Uncouth.]
Rarely known; unusual; strange. [Obs.]

[She] wondered much at his so selcouth case.

Spenser.

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(SEL-kooth)

adjective
Strange; unusual; marvelous.

Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English seldcuth, from seldan (seldom) + cuth (known), from cunnan (to know).]

Usage
"Then forth they rushed: by Leader's tide, A selcouth sight they see." — Walter Scott (1771-1832); Thomas the Rhymer.

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unusual, strange