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slíþen

  • adjective
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slíþen, adj.
Cruel, hard, evil
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  • Slíden

    infastum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111 , 66.
  • Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte,

    • Bt. 5, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 14, 4.
  • Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen

    dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin.

    • Beo. Th. 2298
    • ;
    • B. 1147
    • .
  • slíþen biþ sorg tó geferan

    how cruel is care as a comrade,

    • Exon. Th. 288, 12
    • ;
    • Wand. 39.
  • He him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ

    a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes,

    • 362, 25
    • ;
    • Wal. 42
    • .
  • On ða slíþnan tíd

    at that dread hour (of death),

    • 161, 27
    • ;
    • 06. 965
    • .
  • In ða slíþnan tíd

    in the evil days of the present life,

    • 316, 22
    • ;
    • Mód. 52
    • .
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