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slecg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
slecg, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§375;
A sledge-hammer, mallet; malleus
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  • Slecg, hamur

    mallews.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 78.
  • Slegc, i. 86, 16.
  • Hwæt sylst ðú ús on smiþþan ðínre búton ísene fýrspearcan and swégincga beátendra slecgea

    (malleorum),

      Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7.
  • Wé hit uneáþe mid ísernum hamerum and slecgum gefyldon

    quam ferrets uix comminuimus malleis, Nar.

      21, 5.
Etymology
[The gret slegges, Parten. 3000, Icel. sleggja a sledge-hammer: O. H. Ger. slaga malleus.]
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