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.
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un-slæc
Not slack ⬩ not lazy ⬩ strenuous ⬩ active ⬩ diligent
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Not slack, not lazy, strenuous, active, diligent Unsleac inpiger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 30: 93, 15: Kent. Gl. 140
slǽd
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Of sleade, iii. 384, 28. v. wæter-, wíþig-slæd
slǽp
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Perhaps slæp should be read. v. N. E. D. slap
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
slǽp
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Ǽrest of ðan ealdan slǽpe . . . tó ðan ealdan slǽpe ðǽr hit ǽr ongan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 112, 30-113, 3. On ocean slǽw (slǽp?), iii. 48. 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. sleifa labina (labina a myre, Wulck.
slǽd
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Tó brocces slǽde, 233. 34. On ðæt slǽd, 385, 28. Óþ ðæt niéhste slǽd, 416, 21. On slǽð, 25, 24. It occurs also in composition :-- To wulfslǽde, 456, 6. On Fugelsléd; of ðam sléde, 48, 21.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
slǽp
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Slépon þá mǽdene swárum slápe, Hml. S. 35, 68. Add
slægu
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Slag, dross Slaegu, slægu, slegu lihargum ( = lithar*-*gyrum), Txts. 75, 1230. Slægu liliagrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 6
slagu
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(?)
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
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
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
wíþig-slǽd
A slade ⬩ where willows grow
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A slade Similar entries (v. slǽd) where willows grow Tó wíðig*-*slǽde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 457, 16
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.
sleán
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. : sláeþ, Lind. ) on ðín gewenge, Lk. Skt. 6, 29. Ic sylfa slóh gréne tácne gársecges deóp, Cd. Th. 195, 21; Exod. 280. Ðonne hié (the serpent) mon slog oððe sceát, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 174, 7. Hé ðone níðgæst slóh, ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf, Beo.