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a-sleán

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

To strikebeathammerto fixerectferireicerecæderefigereponere

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To strike, beat, hammer, to fix, erect; ferire, icere, cædere, figere, ponere On býman aslegenum [Lamb. onaslagenum], Ps. Spl. 97, 6; in tubis ductilibus, Vulg; in trumpis beten out, Wyc. Hí aslógan án geteld tetenderunt tentorium, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543,

Linked entries: a-slægen a-slóh

be-sleán

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

To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereavedecollare, cædendo orbare, privare

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To beat, strike or cut off, take away, bereave; decollare, cædendo orbare, privare Ðǽr wæs heáfde beslagen se strengesta martyr sanct Albanus decollatus itaque martyr fortissimus sanctus Albanus, there the bravest martyr, St. Alban, was beheaded Bd.

wíþig-slǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wíþig-slǽd, es; n.

A sladewhere willows grow

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A slade Similar entries (v. slǽd) where willows grow Tó wíðig*-*slǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 16

of-sleán

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-slǽs, R.), Lk. 13, 34. Sé ðe ofslihð (-sláeð, L. occiderit), Mt. 5, 21. Ofslyhþ (-slǽð, L. R. interficiet), Jn. 8, 22. Gé hig ofsleáð (-slǽs, L. -slǽþ, R. occidetis ), Mt. 23, 34. Hig ofsleáð (-slǽs, L. ) eów, 24, 9. Ofslǽð (-sláð), Lk. L. 11, 49.

slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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To slide, slip, fall. of actual movement to slide, glide Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slídan Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 16. fig. to make a mistake, to fail, err Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (makes many a slip)Salm.

Linked entry: sliden

mór-slæd

(n.)
Grammar
mór-slæd, es; n.
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On ðæt mórslæde (-slæd?) éstwærde, vi. 9, 1

tó-sleán

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Syndon hús tóslægene (-slag-) eversae domus, 134, 8. Add Hé tóslóh (tóbræc, v.l.) þá locu þǽre cyste claustra arcae comminuit, Gr. D. 64, 14. Hit wæs tódǽled on twá sticcu ... his fóstormodor gemétte hit swá tóslagen (-sleg-, v.l. ), 97, 9.

þurh-sleán

(v.)

to smite throughstrike throughto smite

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Frs. thruch-slá: O. H. Ger. durh-slahan percutere, pulsare.]

wiþig-slæd

(n.)
Grammar
wiþig-slæd, a
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a willow-slade Úp oð wðíigslæd; of wýþigslade, C. D. B. iii. 667, 32

bróðor-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
bróðor-slaga, an; m.

A BROTHER-SLAYERfratricidaa brothera slayer

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Similar entries v. bróðor a brother, slaga a slayer

lah-slit

(n.)
Grammar
lah-slit, n[?]; -sliht, -slite, es; m; -slitt, e: f.
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According to its component parts the word means a breach or violation of the law; in the Laws however it is applied to the fuse payable for the breach, and is used only with reference to the Danes, the corresponding term among the English being wíte

Linked entries: slite -slitt

mann-slaga

(n.)
Grammar
mann-slaga, an; m.

A homicideman-slayer

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A homicide, man-slayer Manslaga homicida, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 44: L. Edm. E. 4; Th. i. 246, 7. Ne beó ðú manslaga non occides, Deut. 5, 17: L. Eth. ix. i; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 13. Gé sind manslagan ye are murderers, Homl. Th. i. 46, 24

ge-sleán

Similar entry: of-gesleán

be-slép

(v.; part.)

slept

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slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 3; Similar entries p. of be-slǽpan

slǽp-leást

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-leást, e; f.
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Sleeplessness Hine gedrehte singal slǽpleást. Homl. Th. i. 86, 16. Wið slǽpleáste, genym ðysse ylcan wyrte (poppy) wós, smyre ðone man mid; sóna ðú him ðone slép on senst. Lchdm. i. 158, 1

slǽp-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽp-wérig, adj.
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Weary and sleepy, sleepily weary, so tired as to sleep, cf. deáþ-wérig; or (?) weary of sleep, cf. symbel-wérig Oft mec (a mill-stone) slǽpwérigne secg oððe meówle grétan eode, Exon. Th. 387, 14; Ra. 5, 5

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-slǽwð

(n.)
Grammar
un-slǽwð, seems an error for un-sǽlð, the reading of the Cott. MSS.
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Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4

un-sleac

Similar entry: un-slæc

burg-slæd

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Andlang burhslædes, C.D. vi. 137, 19