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slege

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
slege, slæge, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§239; §386; §562;
a stroke, blow
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  • Mé and míne geféran mid ánum slege (iclu) hé

    (the whale) mæg besencan.
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33.
  • Gif hine mon geyflige mid slege oððe mid bende,

    • L. Alf. pol. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 62, 3
  • Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege

    • Lchdm. ii. 6, 28.
  • His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143.
  • Slægum

    ictibus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54.
  • Of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum,

    • Lchdm. ii. 82, 23
    • .
of a serpent's sting
cf. sleán,
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  • Wið nædran slege,

    • Lchdm. ii. 10, 21: no, 22
    • .
a striking, beating,
scourging
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  • Seó sunsciéne slege þrowade

    • Exon. Th. 256, 10
    • ,
    • Jul. 229
  • þéh ðú þolie synnigra slege

    though thou suffer scourging at the hands of sinners,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1911
    • ;
    • An. 958
    • .
stamping, coining,
v. mynet-slege, sleán, II a.
clashing, collision
, v. sleán, VI a
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  • Slæge

    conlisio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 27
    • .
  • Slege,

    • 15, 29.
  • Slægum

    contunsionibus,

    • 24, 43
    • .
  • Slegum,

    • 20, 32
    • .
a crash, clap of thunder
cf. Ger. donner-schlag
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  • Ðǽr com swylce þunres slege,

    • Nicod. 24
    • ;
    • Thw. 13, 4
    • .
  • Hreám swá hlúd swá þunres slege

    • 27
    • ;
    • Thw. 15, 5
    .
  • Wæs swyðe mycel lihtinge and ungemetlice slæge ðæræfter,

    • Chr. 1118
    • ;
    • Erl. 246, 40
    • .
a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence)
On the difference between
slege
and
morþor
see Grmm. R. A. 625)
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  • Ðæra cildra slege

    the murder of the innocents,

    • Homl. Th. i. 80, 28
    • .
  • Hú nyt is ðé mín slæge

    quae utilitas in sanguine meo,

    • Ps. Th. 29, 8
    • .
  • Nú is ǽghwonon yfel and slege,

    • Blickl. Homl. 115, 16
    • .
  • Gif mon twýhyndne mon mid hló ðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié . . . ,

    • L. Alf. pol. 29
    • ;
    • Th. i. 80, 7
    • .
  • For geclǽnsunge his unrihtes slæges

    ob castigationem necis ejus injustae,

    • Bd. 3, 24
    • ;
    • S. 557, 25
    • .
  • Æfter Pendan slæge

    post occisionem Pendan,

    • S. 557, 30
    • .
  • Æfter his slæge

    (interfectionem),

    • 3, 9
    • ;
    • S. 533, 30
    • .
  • On Urias slege (slæge)

    • Hatt. MS.
    • ,
    • Past. 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 34, 23
    • .
  • Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá,

    • L. In. 23
    • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 13
    • .
  • Mid his bróðor slege

    parricidio,

    • Ors. 2, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 64, 23
    • .
  • Hé tihte ðæt folc to dæs Hǽlendes slege,

    • Homl. Th. i. 292
    • ,
    • 6: 216, 15
    • .
  • He is gelád tó slege swá swá scép

    • ii. 16, 20
    • .
  • Hí heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles tó slege

    they voluntarily prepared their necks for the fatal stroke,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 47
    • .
  • Mid micelre gnornunge ymb ðæs cyninges slege.

    • Ors. 2,4
    • ;
    • Swt. 76, 23
    • .
  • þurh ðæs hyrdes slege byþ seó heord tðdrǽfed.

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31
    • .
a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades
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  • Ðæt tácen núgiet cúþ is on ðære eá noman ðæs consules sleges Fauiuses

    testatur hanc Fabii cladem Allia, sicut Cremera Fabiorum,

    • Ors. 2, 8
    • ;
    • Swt. 92, 17
    • .
  • Crist him gefylste to his feónda slege

    • (cf. hí álédon heora fýnd,96, 22)
    • ,
    • A. S. Rdr. 95, 13
    • .
metaph. a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease, etc.
v. sleán, VIII
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  • Ǽr ðan ðe se fǽrlíca slege ús ástrecce

    the pestilence

    • Homl. Th. ii. 124, 21
    • .
an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?),
a slay
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  • Slege

    percussorium

    (the word occurs among terms connected with weaving).
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 44. v.
    • sleahe.
a plectrum [v. Hearp-slege plectro, Engl. Stud. xi. 64]
Etymology
[
Goth. slahs a stroke, blow:
,
O. Sax. slegi slaying
;
O. Frs. slei:
,
O. H. Ger. slag plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio
:
Icel. slagr a blow, defeat; cf. also slag; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy.
]
Similar entries
v. bróðor-, deáþ-, dolg-, eár-, gegn-, hearm-, hearp-, hleór-, morþor-, mynet-, on-, sár-, sweord-, þeóf-slege(-slæge).
Linked entries
v.  slæge hearp-slege.
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  • slege, n.