slǽd
- noun [ neuter ]
- On slédes heáfad. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 3.
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Andlang slǽdes on
pyt,
iii.- 48, 24: 407, 12.
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Tó brocces slǽde,
- 233. 34.
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On ðæt slǽd,
- 385, 28.
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Óþ ðæt niéhste slǽd,
- 416, 21.
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On slǽð, 25, 24.
It occurs also in composition
:-- To wulfslǽde,- 456, 6.
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On Fugelsléd; of ðam sléde,
- 48, 21.
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In barfodslǽd; and swá on timberslǽd . . . on hamslǽdes heáfdan,
- 380, 25 - 6.
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On fearaslǽd,
- 385, 30.
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On dæt riscslǽd,
- 437, 15.
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Ondlong slǽ ðbróces,
- 405, 17.
- In other connections it is not common, but occurs in the following passage
Dameris beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre óþ hió hiene gelǽdde on án micel slǽd. . . . Ðǽr wearþ Cirus ofslægen and twá þ úsend monna mid him
Tomyris simulat diffidentiam, paulatimque cedendo, hostem in insidias vocat. Ibi quippe, compositis inter mantes insidiis, ducenta millia Persarum cum ipso rege delevit,
- Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 29.
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Cf. Iulius ferde ut of Doure in to ane muchele slæde & his folc hudde,
- Laym. 8585.
- Heó talden whar me heom kepen mihte in ane slade deopen, 26887.
- Geond slades & geon dunen, 28365.
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By slente oþer slade,
- Allit. Pms. 5, 141.
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Loke a littel on þe lannde on þi lyfte honde & þon schal se in þat slade þe self chapel,
- Gaw. 2147.
Bosworth, Joseph. “slǽd.” 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/27925.
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