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sleahe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sleahe, slǽ; f.
A slay (or sley), a weaver's reed, an instrument of a weaver's loom that has teeth like a comb
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 23.
    i. 282, 6.
Slahae pectica. Slǽ pe[c]tica
Etymology
[Purvu de une lame (slay), Wrt. Voc. i. 157, 26. Sley lamia, pecten, 217, col. 2. Slaye lanea, 234, col. 2. Slay pecten, lania, Cath. Angl. 342, col. 2, and see note. Slay, webstarys loome lanarium, radius, Prompt. Parv. 458, col. 1.]
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v.  slǽ slahae.
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