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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

    cogitati*-*ones 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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