Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽpan, slépan; p. te.

to sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person

Entry preview:

Mé lyste slǽpan dormiturio, Ælfc. Gr. 34; Zup. 211, 12 note. Ongunnon slépan dormitaverunt. Ps. Th. 75, 5. Wæs ic slǽpende 56, 4: 77, 65. Ðá gemétte hé his geþoftan slǽpendne. Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 15: Beo. Th. 1486; B. 741.

Linked entry: slépan

be-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
be-slǽpan, p. -slép; pp. -slǽpen; [be, slǽpan to sleep]

To sleep ⬩ dormire

Entry preview:

To sleep; dormire He oft beslép he often slept, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284. 3

Linked entry: be-slép

on-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
on-slǽpan, -slépanp. te

To sleep, fall asleep ⬩ obdormire

Entry preview:

To sleep, fall asleep; obdormire Wérig gesette his leomu tó restenne and hwæthwugo onslépte (slép, MS. B.), Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 11. Onslǽpte (slép, MS. B.), 4, 11; S. 579, 33: S. 580, 2: 4, 24; S. 597, 11: S. 599, 7: 4, 31; S. 610, 31

ge-slǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-slǽpan, -slépan, -slépian [in the Northern glosses of the Gospels the verb is weak]

to sleep

Entry preview:

to sleep He geslépde dormiebat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 24. Geslépedon alle and geslépdon dormitaverunt omnes et dormierunt, 25, 5

Linked entry: slǽpan

ge-slǽpan

Entry preview:

Mið ðý geslépdon ł geslépæ waldon cum dormirent, Mt. L. 13, 25. Add

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, slép, sleáp, sláp, es; m.

Sleep ⬩ The sleep of death

Entry preview:

Slǽpa sluman. Exon. Th. 122, 31; Gú. 314. The sleep of death 'Ic wille áwreccan hyne of slǽpe'. . . Se Hǽlend hit cwæþ be his deáþe. Jn. Skt. 11. 11. Up ástandan of slǽpe ðæm fæstan, Andr. Kmbl. 1589; An. 796: Exon. Th. 55, 27; Cri. 890

Linked entry: sláp

slápan

(v.)
Grammar
slápan, p. slép, sleáp; pp. slápen

To sleep ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be inactive ⬩ be motionless ⬩ to sleep ⬩ be paralyzed ⬩ to sleep ⬩ lie with a person

Entry preview:

To sleep. of natural sleep Slǽpst ðú ? Mk. Skt. 14, 37. Heó slǽpþ. Mt. Kmbl. 9, 24: Jn. Skt. 11, 12. Simle hé biþ lociende, ne slǽpþ hé nǽfre, 81. 42; Fox 258, 8. Ðonne wé sápaþ, 34, 11; Fox 152, 5. Hwí slápe gé? Lk. Skt. 22, 46. Ic slép (sleáp, Ps.

Linked entry: slápian

slǽp

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp, es; m. (?)

A slippery, miry place

Entry preview:

A slippery, miry place (?) Ðis sind ða landgemǽro . . . 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. slipor

slǽpor

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽpor, adj.

Addicted to sleep

Entry preview:

Addicted to sleep Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor, forðan ðe slép fét unhǽlo ðæs líchoman. Prov. Kmbl. i

slǽtan

Entry preview:

Add:

slǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
slǽtan, p. te [causative of siítan; cf. bait an animal, and bite]

To slate ⬩ bait ⬩ set dogs on ⬩ hunt with dogs

Entry preview:

To slate [Halliwell quotes from a book of 1697 to slate a beast is to hound a dog at him; and in Ray's North-country Words (1691), E. D. S. Pub. Gloss. B. 15, 'to slete a dog, ' is to set him at anything, as swine, sheep, etc. In Gloss. B. 17 the form

Linked entry: slǽting

slǽwan

(v.)

Similar entry: á-slǽwan

slǽp-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
slǽp-ærn, -ern, es; n.

A dormitory

Entry preview:

A dormitory Slǽpern dormitorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 10. Hwǽr slǽpst (ðú)? On slǽperne (dormitorio) 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

slæhtan

Similar entry: slihtan

slǽpig

(adj.)
Grammar
slǽpig, adj.

Sleepy

Entry preview:

Sleepy

sláwian

(v.)
Grammar
sláwian, p. ode

To be or become slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ inactive

Entry preview:

To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224. Wacige and swince ðár ongeán ðæt

Linked entry: slágian

slacian

(v.)
Entry preview:

Slacige, sláwige pigeat, An. Ox. 3094. Scleag(i)ende torpens, pigrescens, 18, 11. Add

slæccan

Entry preview:

Add:

slacian

(v.)
Grammar
slacian, slæcian, sleacian; p. ode

To slacken ⬩ relax an effort

Entry preview:

To slacken, relax an effort Gif hé lithwón slacode . . . his handa ne slacedon sin autem paululum remisisset . . . factum est, ut manus illius non lassaréntur, Ex. 17, 11, 12. Ðæt ne ða sleacgiendan (pigritantes) hé ofhreóse, Hymn. Surt. 18, 15

slæccan

(v.)
Grammar
slæccan, sleccan (?); p. slæcte, slæhte

To make slack or slow ⬩ to delay

Entry preview:

To make slack or slow, to delay Ðú ús oftrædlíce mid elcunge geswænctést. . . . Ðá cwæþ se cyngc, 'Ðe læs ðe ic eów á leng slæce (slæcce ?),' Th. Ap. 20, 6

Linked entries: a-slæccan sleccan