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sláw

  • adjective
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Grammar
sláw, slǽw, sleáw; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§265; §437;
Slow, inert, sluggish, slothful, torpid
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  • Sleac vel sláw pigrus vel

    lentus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 48.

  • Sláw reses vel deses vel

    piger,

      49, 30.

  • Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw,

      Wulfst. 72, 14.

  • Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man

    segnis ac stupidus torpet? asinum vivit,

      Bt. 38, 4; Fox 192, 20.

  • Sió sláwe

    torpens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 2.

  • Mód ðæt sláwe

    mens torpida,

      Hymn. Surt. 37, 10.

  • Ðú yfela þeów and sláwa

    (piger).

      Mt. Kmbl. 25, 26.

  • Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle

    vade ad fortnican, o piger,

      Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25.

  • On óðre wísan sceal man manian ða sláwan (cf. late,

      Swt. 281, 16), on
    óðre ða ðe beóþ tó hrade, Past. "23; Swt. 175, 25.

  • Ðá sláwan (

    pigri

    ) sint to manianne ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié tiola on dón mǽgen,
      39, l ; Swt. 281, 19.

  • Sláwera

    desidiosorum,

      Wtr. Voc. ii. 28, 12.
Etymology
[Slak (sléu, MS. C. ) an móde, Hel. 4962. O. H. Ger. sléo hebes: Icel. slær, sljór blunt, dull; Dan. slostals;v.]
Similar entries
v. un-sláw.
Linked entries
v.  slǽw sleáw.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sláw.” 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/27969.

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