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slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.
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A dormitory Slǽpern dormitorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 10. Hwǽr slǽpst (ðú)? On slǽperne (dormiiorio) mid gebrð-þrum. Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 25: Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 39. Canonicas, ðǽr seó ár sí, ðæt hí beóddern and slǽpern habban mágan, healdan heora mynster

Linked entry: sláp-ern

un-sláw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-sláw, -slǽw, -sleáw; adj.

Not slownot sluggishactivereadyquick

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Not slow, not sluggish, active, ready, quick Unslǽw impiger vel praepes, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 34. Unsleáw inpiger, 74, 34. Hé hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm æscróf, unsláw, Elen. Kmbl. 403; El. 202. Se ðe wǽre full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican

Linked entries: sláw un-sleáw

frum-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
frum-slǽp, es; m. (not f.)
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Hé on þǽre ylcan nihte æfter his frumslǽpe clypode, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 5. Add

niht-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
niht-slǽp, es; m.
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Sleep during the night Ꝥ ilce geþanc þe heom ámang þám nihtslǽpe wæs on heora heortan, eall, þá hí áwacodon, hí ꝥ sylfe geþóhton, Hml. S. 23, 442

ofer-slype

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Add: -slípe (? Cf. O. H. Ger. ubar-slaufi peplum) an alb Ǽlc on þám yldran heápe nime ǽlce geáre þrý oferslipas (camsiles. Camisile alba, Migne), Chrd. 48, 24

slæp-ærn

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Slæpyrne dormitorio, Chrd. 55, 26. Add

slǽp-drenc

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-drenc, es; m.
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A sleeping-draught Slǽpdrenc; rædic, hymlic, wermód, belone, cnuca ealle þá wyrte, dó in ealað, Lch. iii. 22, 27

sleg-hríþer

(n.)
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a beast for slaughter Án slægrýðer, Nap. 55, 31. Cf. sleg-neát. [O. H. Ger. slegi-hrind taurus.]

ofer-slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slǽp, es; m.

Excessive sleep

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Excessive sleep Wið overslǽpe, Lchdm. i. 342, 14

ofer-slype

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-slype, es; m.

An over-garment, surplice

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An over-garment, surplice Ðæt mæssepreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre búton his oferslipe (-slope), L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 10. He is ymbscrýd mid hwítum oferslype he is clad in a white upper garment, Homl. Th. i. 456, 19

Linked entry: slype

sleg-neát

(n.)
Grammar
sleg-neát, es; n.

A beast to be slaughtereda 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

slíf-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
slíf-leás, adj.

Sleeveless

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Sleeveless Sléfleás scrúd colobium, sléfleás aucra scrúd levitonarium Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 20, 21. Hæbban hý scapulare, ðæt is gehwǽde cugelan and slýfleáse R. Ben. 89, 13

slit-cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
slit-cwealm,

death by the tearing of animals

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death by the tearing of animals Neát ðe slitcwealm begéte animalia quae lacerationem mortiferam nacta sunt L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 24

slípe-scóh

(n.)
Grammar
slípe-scóh,

a slip-shoe a shoe easily slipped on, a slipper

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a slip-shoe (Halliwell gives the word from a work dated 1615. Cf. slip-shod), a shoe easily slipped on, a slipper Slýpescós soccus Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 7.

Linked entry: slýpe-scóh

ge-slit

(n.)
Grammar
ge-slit, es; n.

A bitetearing

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A bite, tearing Ðæra næddrena geslit wæs deádlíc the bite of those serpents was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 30. Þurh deóra geslit by the tearing of beasts, 544, 2

Linked entry: slit

tó-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sleán, p. -sloh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slegen

To strike to pieces,knock to bitsto demolish,knock down a buildingto divide in two by a blow or stroketo drive away thoughts

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To strike to pieces, knock to bits Tóslóg, tislóg concidit, Txts. 51, 516. Tóslóh, forheów concidit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 16. of material objects, to demolish, knock down a building þunor tóslóg heora hiéhstan godes hús aedes salutis ictu fulminis disfoluta

ge-sleán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sleán, p. -slóg, -slóh, pl. -slógon; pp. -slagen, -slægen, -slegen

To strikepitch [a tent]smiteslayquellforgefightobtain by fighting

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To strike, pitch [a tent], smite, slay, quell, forge, fight, obtain by fighting Hí lágon swylce hí wǽron deáþe geslegene they lay as if they were stricken by death, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 31. Se geslagena biþ mid deáþe gegripen the man stricken

Linked entry: ge-slóh

plúm-slá

(n.)
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a sloe, wild plum; pruniculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 28

Linked entry: slá

slá-wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
slá-wyrm, es; m.
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A slow-worm, blind-worm (cf. a slaworme cecula, Cath. Angl. 343), a kind of snake: — Sláwyrm stellio, Wrt. Voc. i. 24, 25: 78, 60: spalangius, 24, 27: Hpt. Gl. 450, 26: regulus (cf. regulus est serpens, avis, et rex parvulus omnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 221, 9

slá-wyrm

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Eal swá sláwyrm (regulus) áttru hit tósend, Scint. 105, 9. Add