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. Wé hit uneáþe mid ísernum
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
-slitt
-slitt
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-slitte
slóh
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is also feminine On þá reádan sló . . . of þǽre reádan sló, C. D. iii. 465, 32-466, 1
sliht
Level, smooth ⬩ level with the ground ⬩ a level road ⬩ planus ⬩ plain, level
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Level, smooth; in the cpd. eorþ-slihtes level with the ground (?) Swá swá oxa gewunaþ tó áwéstenne gærs óþ ða wirttruman eorþslihtes mid tóþum (eats the grass to the root, to the level of the ground) Num. 22, 4
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
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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slág
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a sloe
sláw
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Slow, inert, sluggish, slothful, torpid Sleac vel sláw pigrus vel lentus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 48. Sláw reses vel deses vel piger, 49, 30. Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw, Wulfst. 72, 14. Ðone sǽnan ðe biþ tó sláw ðú scealt hátan assa má ðonne man
sliht
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At end for fiðer (-el?) l. fiþer-. Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18