slápian
To cause to sleep
Entry preview:
To cause to sleep, used impersonally with acc.; cf. O. H. Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS.) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte
slǽp
Entry preview:
Slépon þá mǽdene swárum slápe, Hml. S. 35, 68. Add
slǽp
Entry preview:
Perhaps slæp should be read. v. N. E. D. slap
a-slápan
To be sleepy ⬩ begin to sleep ⬩ fall asleep ⬩ dormitare
Entry preview:
To be sleepy, begin to sleep, fall asleep; dormitare Min sáwl aslép dormitavit anima mea, Ps. Th. 118, 28
Linked entry: slápan
slæp-ærn
Entry preview:
Slæpyrne dormitorio, Chrd. 55, 26. Add
for-slǽwan
hinder ⬩ impede
Entry preview:
To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4
Linked entry: for-sláwian
á-slǽwan
to make slow or dull
Entry preview:
to make slow or dull Áslǽwe obtundo, An. Ox. 18b, 65
Linked entry: slǽwan
frum-slǽp
Entry preview:
Hé on þǽre ylcan nihte æfter his frumslǽpe clypode, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 5. Add
á-slápan
Entry preview:
Þá eáran áslápad. Verc. Först. 91, 6
on-slápan
To sleep, fall asleep
Entry preview:
To sleep, fall asleep Heó hwón onslép, forðon ðe heó wæs on ðære sǽ swíðe geswenced, Shrn. 60, 17. Andreas ásette his heáfod ofer ǽnne his discipula and hé onslép, Blickl. Homl. 235, 13
Linked entry: on-slǽpan
á-slápan
Entry preview:
Lǽcedómas wiþ áslápenum lice. (paralysed) Lch. ii. 12, 17. Þá áslápenan sina, 282, 8. Add
Linked entry: on-slápan
a-slæccan
To slacken ⬩ loosen ⬩ remit ⬩ laxare ⬩ remittere
Entry preview:
To slacken, loosen, remit; laxare, remittere
Linked entry: slæccan
a-sláwian
To be heavy ⬩ dull ⬩ sluggish ⬩ torpescere
Entry preview:
To be heavy, dull, sluggish; torpescere, Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 20
Linked entry: sláwian
for-sláwian
To be slow ⬩ unwilling ⬩ pĭgēre
Entry preview:
To be slow, unwilling; pĭgēre Ic wát, ðæt ðú náht né forsláwodest I know that thou wouldest not be unwilling, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 15
fýst-slægen
Struck with the fist ⬩ pugno cæsus
Entry preview:
Struck with the fist; pugno cæsus Fýstslægenu wæs exalapārētur, pugno cæsus erat, Cot. 79
be-slægen
slain, cut off
Entry preview:
slain, cut off, Chr. 937; Th. 205, 28, col. 2, = be-slagen; Similar entries pp. of be-sleán
un-slǽpig
Sleepless
Entry preview:
Sleepless Unslǽpige insomnes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 20
Linked entry: slǽpig
tó-slacian
To relax, ⬩ to make or to become remiss
Entry preview:
To relax, to make or to become remiss Tóslacad (qui mollis et) dissolutus (est in opere suo. Prov. 18, 9), Kent. Gl. 638