slecg
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A sledge-hammer, mallet; malleus Slecg, hamur mallews. Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 78. Slegc, i. 86, 16. Hwæt sylst ðú ús on smiþþan ðínre búton ísene fýrspearcan and swégincga beátendra slecgea (malleorum), Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 7.
slecg
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Sleándre slecge tundentis mallei, An. Ox. 11. 71. Sum slóh mid slecge swíðe þá hæpsan, Hml. S. 32, 202. Add
slecg-wyrhta
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One who works with a hammer, a worker in metals Tubalcain þe wæs slecgwirhta and smið (malleator et faber), Nap. 57
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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a stroke, blow Mé and míne geféran mid ánum slege (ictu) hé (the whale) mæg besencan Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33. Gif hine mon geyflige mid slege oððe mid bende L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 3. Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege Lchdm. ii. 6, 28. His eáge
Linked entries: slæge hearp-slege
sleán
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</b> of an implement :-- Sleándre slecge tundentis mallei, An. Ox. ii. 70. Add Þæt fýr slóh út of ðám ofne, and forswǽlde þá cwelleras, Hml. Th. i. 570, 16. v. mann- (?), þurh-sleán
sleán
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Icel. ), . cf. slecg-hamer Sæt smiþ, slóh seax. Lchdm. iii. 52, 27. of a serpent, to sting Gif næddre sleá man, Lchdm. ii. no, 14. to strike so as to kill, to slay Slés ðú occideris, Ps. Surt. 138, 19. Hé sléþ occideret, 77, 34.
slæc
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Slack. of persons inactive, slothful, lazy, not willing to make an effort Slæc reses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 77. Sleac piger, i. 74, 33: lentus vel piger, 49, 35. Sleac vel slaw pigras vel lentus, 16, 48. Ðú yfela þeówa and sleac thou wicked and slothful
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slege
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Add: the handle of an axe (?) Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelǽhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege (held back the pole of the axe) þone slege the stroke, might have been expected), Hml. S. 31, 154
sleów
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slege
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Add Slegum alapis. An. Ox. 61, 59. Hí ondrédon þǽre ferelan slegas of þæs hálgan mannes handa ex ejus manu ictus ferulae pertimescebant, Gr. D. 229, 25. Add Sle[gum] tunsionibus, An. Ox. 4114. Add Sleges, forwyrdes internitionis, i. mortis, An. Ox.
slege
A beam, bar. ⬩ f. a cross-beam
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A beam, bar
sleht
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slic
A hammer
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A hammer Sleánde slicc(slicc for slecg?) mallei percutientes Kent. Gl. 723, see the note Hé sceal habban . . . slic (in a list of weaver's implements; slíc (?) an implement for smoothing what is woven, a sleek-stone, cf. slykston amethon Wülck.
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sleg-neát
A beast to be slaughtered ⬩ a ewe to be slaughtered
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A beast to be slaughtered Hé geselle éghwelce gére tuá slegneát (slægnǽt) Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 39 Ch. Th. 105, 4
Linked entries: neát sliht-swín
slág
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a sloe