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slíþen

  • adjective
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slíþen, adj.
Cruel, hard, evil
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  • Slíden

    infastum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111 , 66.

  • Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 4.

  • Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen

    dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin.

    • Beo. Th. 2298
      • ;
    • B. 1147
      • .

  • Hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geferan

    how cruel is care as a comrade,

    • Exon. Th. 288, 12
      • ;
    • Wand. 39.

  • He him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ

    a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes,

    • 362, 25
      • ;
    • Wal. 42
      • .

  • On ða slíþnan tíd

    at that dread hour (of death),

    • 161, 27
      • ;
    • 06. 965
      • .

  • In ða slíþnan tíd

    in the evil days of the present life,

    • 316, 22
      • ;
    • Mód. 52
      • .
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v.  slíþe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slíþen.” 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/28046.

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