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slǽpan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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Grammar
slǽpan, slépan ; p. te. [The Northern Gospels also shew forms from slépian
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §125; §188; §232; §276; §291; §306; §513;
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  • Gif hé slépaþ. Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 12.

  • Slépiaþ ł slépeþ árísaþ (slépiaþ árísas,

      Rush. ), Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 27.

  • Slépade (geslépedon, Lind. )

    dormitaverunt,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 25, 5.
    ]
to sleep
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  • Ðú slépes,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. , Rush. 14, 37.

  • Slépes

    dormit.

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. , Rush. 9, 24.

  • Hwǽr resteþ (-aþ,

      MS. )
    ðæs mannes sáwul ðonne se líchama slépþ ? Salm. Kmbl. 188, 12.

  • Slǽpeþ

    dormitet,

      Ps. Lamb. 120, 3.

  • Slǽpeþ (slépeþ, Ps. Surt. )

    obdormiet,

      Ps. Th. 120, 4. tó slǽpe ;
    wulfes heáfod lege under pyle; se unhála slǽpeþ, Lchdm. i. 360, 18.

  • Gif gé slǽpaþ (slépaþ,

      Ps. Surt. ), Ps. Th. 67, 13.

  • Slépes,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 22, 46.

  • Hé æt ðæm stáne slǽpte,

      Past. 16; Swt. 101, 18.

  • Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte,

      Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 39.

  • Ðá hié sléptun (geslépdon, Lind. )

    cum dormirent,

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25.

  • Sléptun (slépdon, Lind. )

    dormierant,

      27, 52.

  • Hneapedun ł slýpton (in a later hand, v. Txts. p. 293)

    dormierunt,

      Ps. Surt. 75, 6.

  • Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca,

      Past. 56; Swt. 431, 25.

  • Mé lyste slǽpan dormiturio, Ælfc. Gr. 34; Zup. 211, 12 note. Ongunnon slépan

    dormitaverunt.

      Ps. Th. 75, 5.
  • Wæs ic slǽpende 56, 4: 77, 65.
  • Ðá gemétte hé his geþoftan slǽpendne. Bd. 3, 27 ; S 559, 15: Beo. Th. 1486; B. 741.

  • Hé hig funde slǽpende (slépende Lind.,

      Rush. ), Lk. Skt. 22, 45.
to sleep, lie with a person
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  • Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode, and hire mid slǽpe (slépe, MS G. ),

      L. Alf. 29; Th. i. 52, 6.
Etymology
[Laym. p. slæpte, slepte: A. R. p. slepte Orm. sleppte.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, on-slǽpan ; healf-slǽpende; slápan, slápian.
Linked entries
v.  slépan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “slǽpan.” 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/27933.

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