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sleán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
sleán, p. slóh, slóg, slógh, pl. slógon; pp. slagen, slægen, slegen.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §54; §68; §69; §70; §128; §139; §148; §170; §172; §239; §246; §320; §328; §329; §475; §476; §509;
trans.
to strike an object, smite
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  • Gif ðú slehst

    si percusseris,

    • Kent. Gl. 880
      • .

  • Gif man óðerne mid fyste in naso slæhþ,

    • L. Ethb. 57
      • ;
    • Th. i. 16, 17
      • .

  • Ðæt fell hlýt, ðonne hit mon sliehþ,

    • Past. 46
      • ;
    • Swt. 347, 5
      • .

  • Ðæt ár ðonne hit mon slihþ,

    • 37
      • ;
    • Swt. 267, 24
      • .

  • Ðám ðe ðé slihþ (slyhþ,

    • MS. A.
    : sláeþ,
    • Lind.
    ) on ðín gewenge,

    • Lk. Skt. 6, 29
      • .

  • Ic sylfa slóh gréne tácne gársecges deóp,

    • Cd. Th. 195, 21
      • ;
    • Exod. 280
      • .

  • Ðonne hié (the serpent) mon slog oððe sceát,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 174, 7
      • .

  • Hé ðone níðgæst slóh, ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf,

    • Beo. Th. 5392
      • ;
    • B. 2699
      • .

  • Slóh ðá wundenlocc ðone feóndsceaþan fágum méce,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 3
      • ;
    • Jud. 103
      • .

  • Sume hyne slógon (slogan.

    • Lind.
    ,
    • Rush.
    ) on his ansýne mid hyra handum, and cwǽdon: Sege hwæt is se ðe ðé slóh (slóg,
    • Rush.
    )

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 67
      • ,

  • Me weras slógon and swungon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1927
      • ;
    • An. 966
      • .

  • Hí mé mid sweopum slógun,

    • Exon. Th. 88, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 142
      • .

  • Ne sleá gé nánne

    neminem concutiatis,

    • Lk. Skt. 3, 14
      • .

  • Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múþ,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2601
      • ;
    • An. 1302
      • .

  • Se ðe sleá (percusserit) his fæder oððe his móder swelte hé deáþe,

    • Ex. 21, 15
      • .

  • Gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge swíðe mid his swurde,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 13
      • ;
    • By. 117
      • .

  • Ðá beáh hé sleánde his breóst,

    • H. R. 107, 11
      • .

  • Áhsa hwæðer hé ǽfre wǽre slegen on ða sídan.

    • Lchdm. ii. 258, 23
      • .

  • Biþ slaegen

    percellitur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 3
      • .

  • An slægenre

    in pacte,

    • 48, 77
      • .
of special kinds of striking,
to strike coin, to stamp money (cf. similar use in O. Frs. and Icel.), cf. mynet-slege
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  • Wæs ðæs feós ofergewrit ðæs ylcan mynetsleges ðe man ðæt feoh on slóh, sóna ðæs forman geáres ðá Decius féng tó ríce.

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 476
      • .

  • Ælc mynetere ðe man tíhþ ðæt fals feoh slóge.

    • L. Eth. iii. 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 296, 12
      • .

  • Godes feoh biþ befæst myneterum tó sleánne,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 554, 14
      • .
to forge a weapon (cf. Icel.),. cf. slecg-hamer
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  • Sæt smiþ, slóh seax.

    • Lchdm. iii. 52, 27
      • .
of a serpent, to sting
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  • Gif næddre sleá man,

    • Lchdm. ii. no, 14
      • .
to strike so as to kill, to slay
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  • Slés ðú

    occideris,

    • Ps. Surt. 138, 19
      • .

  • Hé sléþ

    occideret,

    • 77, 34
      • .

  • Mann slihþ ðínne oxan

    bos tuus immoletur.

    • Deut. 28, 31
      • .

  • Ic slóg niceras,

    • Beo. Th. 847
      • ;
    • 6. 421
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 272, 4
      • ;
    • Jul. 494
      • .

  • Ðonne God hié slóg (occideret), ðonne sóhton hié hine,

    • Past. 36, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 251, 20
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 217
      • ;
    • B. 108
      • .

  • Slógh,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 14
      • .

  • Hé slóh and fylde feond,

    • Cd. Th. 124, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 2071
      • .

  • Se hagol slóh ealle ða þing ðe úte wǽron, ǽgðer ge men ge nýtenu.

    • Ex. 9, 25
      • .

  • Slógon

    obruerunt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 20
      • .

  • Abraham ne sleah ðín bearn,

    • Cd. Th. 176, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 2913
      • .

  • Sleh,

    • 204, 12
      • ;
    • Exod. 418
      • .

  • Sleá man ðone leásan wítegan

    propheta Hie interficietur,

    • Deut. 13, 5
      • .

  • Ðás folc sleán mid cwealmþreá,

    • Cd. Th. 151, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2506
      • .

  • Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne,

    • 203, 30
      • ;
    • Exod. 411
      • .

  • On deáþ sleán (cf.

    Dan. at slaa ihjel
    ) scyldige,

    • 76, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 1267
      • .

  • Hé biþ . . . tó sleánne oðde tó álýsenne,

    • L. Wih. 28
      • ;
    • Th. i. 42, 25
      • .

  • Hié wǽron ða wǽpnedmen sleánde,

    • Ors. l, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 48, 6
      • .

  • Wæs Fin slægen,

    • Beo. Th. 2309
      • ;
    • B. 1152
      • .

  • Sacerdas wǽron slægene,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 484, 1
      • .

  • Ða hǽþenan wǽron slægne,

    • 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 556, 29
      • .
to make by striking, to strike fire, to make a mark, sound, signal by a stroke
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  • Ðá arn sum þeng and slóh tácen æt ðam gæte

    cucurrit minister, et pulsans ad ostium,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 17
      • .

  • Hé tácen mid his handa slóh

    sonitum manu faciens,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 568, 6
      • .

  • Men tácen slógon,

    • Guthl. 11
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 54, 24
      • :
    • 12
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 58, 23
      • .

  • Sleah feówer scearpan,

    • Lchdm. ii. 100, 3
      • :
    • 142, 18
      • .

  • Sleá him ánne spearcan,

    • 290, 17
      • .
to strike a bargain (cf.
Icel. slá kaupi
)
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  • Hig slógon heora wedd ǽgðer tó óðrum,

    • Gen. 21, 27
      • .
to strike, drive so as to cause impact
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  • Hé slóh fýr on feóndas

    he drove the fire on to the foes,

    • Cd. Th. 237, 28
      • ;
    • Dan. 344
      • .
metaph.
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  • Ic wéne gif wit uncre word tósomne sleáþ, ðæt ðǽr ásprunge sum spearca sóþfæstnesse,

    • Bt. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 164, 2
      • .
to pitch a tent, drive a stake into the ground (cf.
Icel. slá landtjoldum
Ger. ein Lager schlagen
)
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  • Iacob slóh his geteld on ðæré dúne,

    • Gen. 31, 25
      • .

  • Sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan ðam ymb-hagan,

    • Lchdm. i. 395, 4
      • .

  • Ða hét Moises sleán án geteld bútan hira wícstówe,

    • Ex. 33, 7
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 242, 8
      • .

  • Ða stówa ðe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon,

    • Deut. i. 33
      • .
to cast into chains (cf.
O. Frs. on tha helda slein
)
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  • Hió sceolde ða men weorpan an wildedeóra líc and siððan sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas.

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 194, 32
      • .
to move by a stroke, to strike off a limb, etc.
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  • Hí slógon him of ðæt heáfod,

    • Th. An. 122, 23
      • .

  • Sleá mon hond of oððe fót,

    • L. In. 18
      • ;
    • Th. i. 114, 7
      • :
    • 37
      • ;
    • Th. i. 124, 23
      • .
metaph. to strike with disease, punishment, etc., cf. a paralytic, apoplectic stroke
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  • Ic ástrecce mine hand and sleá Egipta land on eallum minum wundrum.

    • Ex. 3, 20
      • .

  • Sliét

    concidet (cervices peccatorum),

    • Blickl. Gl
      • .

  • Hí mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wǽron

    praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 31
      • .
intrans.
to strike, make a stroke ¨
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  • Hé yrringa slóh

    in anger he struck,

    • Beo. Th. 3135
      • ;
    • B. 1565
      • :
    • 5350
      • ;
    • B. 2679
      • .

  • On ðone eádgan andwlitan men hondum slógun,

    • Exon. Th. 69, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 1124
      • .

  • Ðæt hé mé ongeán sleá,

    • Beo. Th. 1367
      • ;
    • B. 681
      • .
to strike as a smith does
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  • Hé sulh heóld and on íren slóh and corn ðærsc and windwode.

    • Shrn. 61, 18
      • .
to kill (the object not being expressed)
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  • Ne sleah ðú,

    • L. Alf. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 44, 17
      • .

  • Slyh (sleh, MS. A.),

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 19
      • .

  • Þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele and sleá,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 10
      • .

  • Hié wǽron ða burg hergende and sleánde,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 92, 16
      • .
to move rapidly (v. A. VI. ), rush, dash, break, take a certain direction; cf. to strike into a path, across a country (cf.
Icel. slásk to betake ones self
)
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  • Gesca sláet

    singultat

    (cf.
    Icel.impersonal use sló á hann hlátri he was seized with a fit of laughter
    ).
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50
      • .

  • Ðǽr seolesburna sliht on meóne.

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 13, 31
      • .

  • Ðeáh swín beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu.

    • Bt. 37, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 192, 28
      • .

  • Hé on scip ástáh and slóh út on ða sǽ

    put to sea,

    • Ap. Th. 6, 6
      • .

  • Se lég slóh tó leofonum,

    • Shrn. 73, 36
      • .

  • Ðá slóh ðǽr micel mist

    a great mist came on suddenly.

    • Gen. 15, 17
      • .

  • Seó sǽ slóh tógædere

    occurrerunt aquae,

    • Ex. 14, 27
      • .

  • Hé ofdrǽd slóh ádún ðǽrrihte

    terrified he straightway fell down as if struck

    (cf.
    Icel. slá sér niðr to throw one's self down on a bed
    ),
    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 718
      • .

  • Ðá slóh ðǽr micel leóht fit æfter ðam englum

    (cf.
    Icel. impers. use, e. g. loganum sló út
    ),
    • Homl. Th. ii. 342, 7
      • ;
    • 350, 24
      • .

  • On slógan

    incursere,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 1
      • .

  • Drenc wið deádum swile ðæt hé út sleá,

    • Lchdm. ii. 74, 18
      • :
    • 102, 20
      • .

  • Ðý læs hit in sleá,

    • 324, 3
      • .

  • Gif hié út sleán

    if they (pocks) break out,

    • 106, 4
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. slahan
:
O. Sax. slahan
:
O. Frs. slá
:
O. H. Ger. slahan
:
Icel. slá.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, for-, ful-, ge-, of-, ofer-, tó-, wið-sleán; fýst-slægen.
Linked entries
v.  a-sleán feoh slege.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/27976.

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