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ge-sleán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen
To strike, pitch [a tent], smite, slay, quell, forge, fight, obtain by fighting
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  • Hí lágon swylce hí wǽron deáþe geslegene

    they lay as if they were stricken by death,

      Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 31.

  • Se geslagena biþ mid deáþe gegripen

    the man stricken [by disease] is seized by death,

      Homl. Th. ii. 124, 12.

  • Ðǽr he geslóh his geteld

    he pitched his tent there,

      Gen. 12, 8.

  • Wulfheard aldorman micel wæl geslóg and sige nom

    alderman Wulfhard made a great slaughter and got the victory,

      Chr. 837; Erl. 66, 5: 845; Erl. 66, 24: 823; Erl. 62, 17: 867; Erl. 72, 15: Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 23.

  • He geslóg xxv dracena

    he slew xxv dragons,

      Salm. Kmbl. 417; Sal. 214.

  • Geslóh ðín fæder fǽhþe mǽste

    thy father quelled the greatest feud,

      Beo. Th. 922; B. 459.

  • Geslægene grindlas

    forged bars,

      Cd. 19; Th. 24, 26; Gen. 383.

  • Of ðære tíde hwílum Bryttas hwílum Seaxena sige geslógan

    ex eo tempore nunc cives nunc hostes vincebant,

      Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 22.

  • Offa geslóg cyneríca mǽst

    Offa won the greatest of kingdoms,

      Exon. 85 a; Th. 320, 32; Víd. 38: Th. 321, 11; Víd. 44.

  • Húþe ðe ic æt hilde geslóh

    spoil that I gained in war,

      Cd. 98; Th. 129, 25; Gen. 2149: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 4; Æthelst. 4: Beo. Th. 5985; B. 2994.

  • Dariun we ofercwómon and oferswýðdon and us in onweald geslógon eal his londríce

    dario superato acceptaque in conditiones omni ejus regione,

      Nar. 3, 24.

  • Ðá þohte ic hwæðer ic meahte ealne middangeard me on onweald gesleán

    cogitabam si devicto orbe terrarum,

      29, 2.

  • Óþ ðæt up gewát líg and þurh lust geslóh

    until the flame went up and at will smote,

      Cd. 186; Th. 231, 19; Dan. 249.
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v.  ge-slóh.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sleán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16044.

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