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slǽp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.
Sleep
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  • Befeóll slǽp (sopor) on Abram

    • Gen. 15, 12
      • .

  • Hrædlíce se slǽp becymeþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 246, 17
      • .

  • Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 624
      • ;
    • Sal. 611
      • .

  • Hine slǽp ofereode.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1640
      • ;
    • An. 821
      • .

  • Mec slǽp ofergongeþ.

    • Exon. Th. 422, 23
      • ;
    • Ra. 41, 10
      • .

  • Slép,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 1
      • .

  • Gif ic mínum eágum unne slǽpes,

    • Ps. Th. 131, 4
      • .

  • Slépes

    soporis,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. p. 201, 38
      • :

    somni,

    • 202, 15
      • .

  • Hí wéndon ðæt hé hyt sǽde be swefnes slǽpe (slépe, Lind., Rush.)

    (de dormitione somnii),

    • Jn. Skt. 11. 13
      • .

  • Mid ðý heó ðý slǽpe tðbrǽd

    somno excussa,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 596, 5
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 3053
      • ;
    • An. 1529
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 161, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2655
      • .

  • Of slǽpe onwóc æþeling,

    • 249, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 524
      • .

  • Tó slǽpe; gáte horn under heáfod gelǽd weccan hé on slǽpe gecyrreþ,

    • Lchdm. I. 350, 21-2
      • .

  • Sigon tó slǽpe,

    • Beo. Th. 2506
      • ;
    • B.1251
      • .

  • Se ðe for sleápe áwéd

    frenticus

    (cf. slǽpleást),
    • Wrt. Voc. I. 45, 72
      • .

  • Mid slǽpe swundon

    omnes somno torpent inerti,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 11
      • .

  • Ic sóftum slǽpe mé reste,

    • Homl. Th. I. 566, 22
      • .

  • Gif hé ðære hnappunge ne swícþ ðonne hnappaþ hé óþ hé wierþ on fæstum slǽpe

    dormitando oculus ad plenissimum somnum ducitur,

    • Past. 28, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 195, 12
      • .

  • Ðý swíðan slǽpe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 205, 4
      • .

  • Slápe

    somno,

    • Eng. Stud. ix. 40, col. 1
      • .

  • Ðæt dust ðysse wyrte ðone slǽp on gelǽdeþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 286, 6
      • :
    • 158, 2
      • .

  • Næfþ hénánne slǽp,

    • ii. 198, 25
      • .

  • Slép,

    • i. 158, 2
      • .

  • Sió slǽwþ him giét on ðone slǽp,

    • Past. 39
      • ;
    • Swt. 283. 8
      • .

  • Ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp.

    • Homl. Th. i. 602, 15
      • .

  • Slǽpa sluman.

    • Exon. Th. 122, 31
      • ;
    • Gú. 314
      • .
The sleep of death
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  • 'Ic wille áwreccan hyne of slǽpe'. . . Se Hǽlend hit cwæþ be his deáþe.

    • Jn. Skt. 11. 11
      • .

  • Up ástandan of slǽpe ðæm fæstan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1589
      • ;
    • An. 796
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 55, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 890
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. sléps
:
O. Sax. sláp
:
O. Frs. slép
:
O. H. Ger. sláf.
]
Similar entries
v. frum-, niht-, ofer-slǽp.
Linked entries
v.  sláp.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “slǽp.” 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/27930.

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