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slíw

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
slíw, sleów, sliú, slí, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§360;
The name of a fish, a tench ora mullet
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  • Slíw

    tinca,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 73

    tinctus,

      281, 52.
  • Sliú

    tincus

    ,
      66, 1.
  • Sleów

    mugilis,

      ii.57, 75.
  • Slí

    tincti,

      Txts. 101, 2020.
  • Slii,

      116, 221.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. slío; m. tinca, tincus
:
Ger. schleie a tench.
]
Linked entries
v.  sleów.
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Word-wheel

  • slíw, n.