slǽp
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Slépon þá mǽdene swárum slápe, Hml. S. 35, 68. Add
slaga
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Hé tó þám ylpe cóm, and . . . stung hine æt ðám nafelan ꝥ hí lágon ðǽr bégen heora ǽgðer óðres slaga, Hml. S. 25, 587. Him gewearð ꝥ man funde níwe swurd and níwne slagan (executioner) þǽrtó, Hml. S. 12, 233. Add
slǽd
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A slade in local names, e. g. Waterslade, v. W. Somerset Words, E. D. S.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
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.
Linked entry: sleac
slǽp
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Sleep Befeóll slǽp ( sopor ) on Abram, Gen. 15, 12. Hrædlíce se slǽp becymeþ, Lchdm. i. 246, 17. Slǽp biþ deáþe gelícost, Salm. Kmbl. 624; Sal. 611. Hine slǽp ofereode. Andr. Kmbl. 1640; An. 821. Mec slǽp ofergongeþ. Exon. Th. 422, 23; Ra. 41, 10.
Linked entry: sláp
slagu
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slic
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In l. 3 for slíc l. slic
slíf
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Eall wæs gesýne, fram þám littlan fingre tóweard þæs earmes, and sumne dǽl of þǽre slýfe, Vis. Lfc. 85. Add
slóh
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is also feminine On þá reádan sló . . . of þǽre reádan sló, C. D. iii. 465, 32-466, 1
slíc
sleek, smooth ⬩ cunning, crafty, using smooth words ⬩ sleek
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sleek, smooth v.slícian cunning, crafty, using smooth words Similar entries (v. words given under slícian) Ic wæs ána slícera ðonne ealle óðre drýas sapientior eram omnium sapientium magorum Nar. 50, 19
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slop
a loose, upper garment. ⬩ any kind of outer garment made of linen, ⬩ garment ⬩ mutatorium ⬩ a gown, a loose garment, esp. a priest's gown
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a loose, upper garment. 'Slop a smock-frock; any kind of outer garment made of linen,' Halliwell's Dict
slaga
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A slayer, homicide; interfector, percussor, lanio Slaga lanio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 36. Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor ), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4 ; Swt. 275, 9.
sleán
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Icel. slásk to betake ones self] Gesca sláet singultat (cf. Icel. impersonal use sló á hann hlátri he was seized with a fit of laughter). Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðǽr seolesburna sliht on meóne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 13, 31.
sleán
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</b> of the action of disease :-- Þáá Gesca sláet singultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. (This entry is better here than at B. III, where it is given.) <b>B.
slíc
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Dele. The MS of Nar. 50, 19 has snotera, not slicera
sleów
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