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for-sleán

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
for-sleán, he -slæhþ, -slyhþ, -slihþ; p. -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen, -slægen, -slagen [sleán to strike]
To strike with violence, smite, break, slay, kill, destroy; vehementer fĕrīre, percŭtĕre, frangĕre, occīdĕre, interfĭcĕre
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  • Se ðe cinbán forslæhþ mid xx scillingum forgelde

    let him who breaks the chin-bone pay for it with twenty shillings,

    • L. Ethb. 50
      • ;
    • Th. i. 16, 1.

  • Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ [forslyhþ, H] ðæt hie beóþ forode, gebéte mid xv scillinga

    if one smite a man's cheeks, that they be broken, let him make amends with fifteen shillings,

    • L. Alf. pol. 50
      • ;
    • Th. i. 94, 14.

  • He ealle ða rícostan forsleán hét

    he commanded [them] to slay all the most powerful,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 60, 38.

  • Ercol hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde

    Hercules grievously slew and destroyed them,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 33, 34.

  • Forslegen Sodoma folc

    the slaughtered people of Sodom,

    • Cd. 94
      • ;
    • Th. 122, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2022.

  • Hí forslegene wurdon

    they were slain,

    • Ors. 1, 13
      • ;
    • Bos. 37, 5.

  • Ða men wǽron forslægene

    the men were slain,

    • Chr. 882
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 13.

  • He hí forslagen hæfde

    he had slain them,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 2: Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 62, 10.
Etymology
[
Ger. verschlagen
.]
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v.  for-slegenlic.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11708.

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