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tó-sleán

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen
To strike to pieces, knock to bits
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  • Tóslóg, tislóg

    concidit,

    • Txts. 51, 516.

  • Tóslóh, forheów

    concidit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 16.
of material objects,
to demolish, knock down a building
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  • þunor tóslóg heora hiéhstan godes hús

    aedes salutis ictu fulminis disfoluta est,

    • Ors. 4, 2;
    • Swt. 160, 18
      • :
    • 6, 14;
    • Swt. 268, 29.

  • Swíðlíc wind toslóh ðæt hus æt ðam feówer hwemmum

    a strong wind broke down the house at the four corners,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 450, 18.

  • Ða hǽþenan weras tóslógon his glæsenne calic; ðá gesomnode se bisceoþ ða brocu.

    • Shrn. 114, 25.
to divide in two by a blow or stroke
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  • Hé to-slóh sǽ

    interrupit mare.

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 13.

  • Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón

    if it will not crack, break it slightly with a blow,

    • Lchdm. iii. 18, 2.
of abstract objects, to drive away thoughts
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  • Ða yflan gebohtas ðe him on mod becumaþ hé sceal sóna on Criste tósleán . . . Ðonne hé hié tóslyhþ on Criste ðonne hé geðenceþ Cristes þrowunge and his wundra and mid ðǽm geþohtum áflýmeþ ða yfelan geþohtas

    cogitationes malas cordi suo aduenientes mox ad Christum allidere,

    • R. Ben. 18, 2-6.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. tó-slá
:
O. Sax. te-slahan
:
O. H. Ger. zi-slahan
:
Ger. zer-schlagen.
]
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v. un-tóslegen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-sleán.” 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/30849.

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