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á-sleán

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to strike off, remove by a stroke
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  • Him mon áslóg þæt heáfod of,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • S. 290, 14.

  • Hé áslóh of (áslóg, Lind.) ánes þeówan eáre,

    amputavit

    ,
      Lind.) Mt. 26, 51.

  • Hé ꝥ heáfod of áslóh,

      Hml. A. 15, 357.

  • Hé hét his heáfod of ásleán,

      Hml. S. 26, 162.
to strike, make a mark (cut) by a stroke
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  • Ásleah þrý scearpan on,

      Lch. ii. 104, 7.
to strike with the hand
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  • Áslógon ł ðurscon

    caedentes

    ,
      Mk. L. 22, 63.
to strike with a hammer:--
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  • Gylden þel áslægen

    bratea

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42.
of paralysis,
to strike, paralyse
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  • Lǽcedóm wiþ áslegenum líce,

      Lch. ii. 12, 17: 126, 12, 14, 18.
to strike out a path, make way
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  • Se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde,

      Past. 71, 6.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ar-slahan.
]
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v.  on-áslagen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/39040.

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