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slǽwþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
slǽwþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§613;
Sloth, laziness, inertness, torpor; accidia, inertia, pigredo, torpor
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  • Se sixta leahter is accidia geháten, ðæt is ásolcennyss oððe slǽwþ on Englisc,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 16, 296
      • .

  • Sió slǽwþ giétt slǽp on ðone monnan

    pigredo immittit soporem.

    • Past. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 283, 6
      • .

  • Slǽwþ

    torpor,

    • Hymn. Surt. 26, 28
      • .

  • Sléuþ

    pigredo,

    • Kent. Gl. 694
      • .

  • On ðæm sceáte his slǽwþe

    in sudario lenti torporis,

    • Past. 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 59, 16
      • .

  • From ðære slǽwþe his synna

    a peccati torpore,

    • 28, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 193, 23
      • .

  • Slǽwþe

    inertia.

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

  • Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda,

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 64, 33
      • .

  • Ic wát ðæt swongornes hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ,

    • 36, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 180, 34
      • .

  • Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen,

    • L. R. S. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 440, 16
      • .

  • Slǽwþum

    torporibus,

    • Hymn. Surt. 4, 10
      • .
Similar entries
v. un-slǽwþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “slǽwþ.” 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/27946.

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