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of-sleán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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of-sleán, to kill or
wound by a blow, to kill, slay
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  • Ic ofsleah wildeór

    ego jugulo feras.

      Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 19.
  • Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan

    in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores,

      Ps. Th. 100, 8.
  • Gif man mannan ofslæhþ,

      L. Eth. 21 ; Th. i. 8, 3.
  • Ofsleahþ,

      6; Th. i. 4, 6.
  • Ofslehþ,

      7; Th. i. 4, 9.
  • Gif hwâ his cild ofslihþ tó deáþe,

      L. M. I. P. 8 ; Th. ii. 268, I. Se
    gerêfa nyste hwæt hié wǽron, and hiene mon ofslôg, Chr. 787 ; Erl. 56, 15.
  • Hê (

    the elephant)

    ofslôg micel ðæs folces,
      Ors. 4, I; Swt. 156, 12.
  • Ofslôh,

      Cd. Th. 60, 18; Gen. 983.
  • Ðû ofslôge

    (percussisti)

    ealle ða ðe mé wiðerwearde wǽron,
      Ps. Th. 3, 6.
  • Hí willaþ mé ofsleán

    interficient me.

      Gen. 20, II.
    Eall his weorod ofslegen wæs, Bd. I, 34; S. 499, 33.
  • Wurdon begen ofslægene ða aldormen. Chr. 800 ; Erl. 60, 8.
  • Fela þúsenda ofslægenra, 871 ; Erl. 74, 24. [Goth. af-slahan to slay.]
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v.  of-gesleán.
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