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SLEÁW -- SLEHT. 883
Ne sleá gé nánne neminem concutiatis, Lk. Skt. 3, 14. Sleáþ synnigne ofer seolfes múþ, Andr. Kmbl. 2601; An. 1302. Se ðe sleá (percusserit) his fæder oððe his móder swelte hé deáþe, Ex. 21, 15. Gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge swíðe mid his swurde, Byrht. Th. 135, 13; By. 117. Ðá beáh hé sleánde his breóst, H. R. 107, 11. Áhsa hwæðer hé æ-acute;fre wæ-acute;re slegen on ða sídan. Lchdm. ii. 258, 23. Biþ slaegen percellitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 3. An slægenre in pacte, 48, 77. II. of special kinds of striking, (a) to strike coin, to stamp money (cf. similar use in O. Frs. and Icel. ), cf. mynet-slege :-- Wæs ðæs feós ofergewrit ðæs ylcan mynetsleges ðe man ðæt feoh on slóh, sóna ðæs forman geáres ðá Decius féng tó ríce. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 476. Ælc mynetere ðe man tíhþ ðæt fals feoh slóge. L. Eth. iii. 8; Th. i. 296, 12. Godes feoh biþ befæst myneterum tó sleánne, Homl. Th. ii. 554, 14. (b) to forge a weapon (cf. Icel. ), . cf. slecg-hamer :-- Sæt smiþ, slóh seax. Lchdm. iii. 52, 27. III. of a serpent, to sting :-- Gif næddre sleá man, Lchdm. ii. no, 14. IV. to strike so as to kill, to slay :-- Slés ðú occideris, Ps. Surt. 138, 19. Hé sléþ occideret, 77, 34. Mann slihþ ðínne oxan bos tuus immoletur. Deut. 28, 31. Ic slóg niceras, Beo. Th. 847; 6. 421: Exon. Th. 272, 4; Jul. 494. Ðonne God hié slóg (occideret), ðonne sóhton hié hine, Past. 36, 3; Swt. 251, 20: Beo. Th. 217; B. 108. Slógh, Bd. 3, 9 ; S. 533, 14. Hé slóh and fylde feond, Cd. Th. 124, 32; Gen. 2071. Se hagol slóh ealle ða þing ðe úte wæ-acute;ron, æ-acute;gðer ge men ge nýtenu. Ex. 9, 25. Slógon obruerunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 20. Abraham ne sleah ðín bearn, Cd. Th. 176, 18; Gen. 2913. Sleh, 204, 12; Exod. 418. Sleá man ðone leásan wítegan propheta Hie interficietur, Deut. 13, 5. Ðás folc sleán mid cwealmþreá, Cd. Th. 151, 10; Gen. 2506. Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne, 203, 30; Exod. 411. On deáþ sleán (cf. Dan. at slaa ihjel) scyldige, 76, 34; Gen. 1267. Hé biþ . . . tó sleánne oðde tó álýsenne, L. Wih. 28 ; Th. i. 42, 25. Hié wæ-acute;ron ða wæ-acute;pnedmen sleánde, Ors. l, 10; Swt. 48, 6. Wæs Fin slægen, Beo. Th. 2309; B. 1152. Sacerdas wæ-acute;ron slægene, Bd. 1, 15; S. 484, 1. Ða hæ-acute;þenan wæ-acute;ron slægne, 3, 24; S. 556, 29. . V. to make by striking, to strike fire, to make a mark, sound, signal by a stroke :-- Ðá arn sum þeng and slóh tácen æt ðam gæte cucurrit minister, et pulsans ad ostium, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 17. Hé tácen mid his handa slóh sonitum manu faciens, 4, 3 ; S. 568, 6. Men tácen slógon, Guthl. 11; Gdwin. 54, 24: 12 ; Gdwin. 58, 23. Sleah feówer scearpan, Lchdm. ii. 100, 3 : 142, 18. Sleá him ánne spearcan, 290, 17. . V a. to strike a bargain (cf. Icel. slá kaupi) :-- Hig slógon heora wedd æ-acute;gðer tó óðrum, Gen. 21, 27. VI. to strike, drive so as to cause impact :-- Hé slóh fýr on feóndas he drove the fire on to the foes, Cd. Th. 237, 28; Dan. 344. VIa. metaph. :-- Ic wéne gif wit uncre word tósomne sleáþ, ðæt ðæ-acute;r ásprunge sum spearca sóþfæstnesse, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 2. VI b. to pitch a tent, drive a stake into the ground (cf. Icel. slá landtjoldum; Ger. ein Lager schlagen) :-- Iacob slóh his geteld on ðæré dúne, Gen. 31, 25. Sleah æ-acute;nne stacan onmiddan ðam ymb-hagan, Lchdm. i. 395, 4. Ða hét Moises sleán án geteld bútan hira wícstówe, Ex. 33, 7: Homl. Th. ii. 242, 8. Ða stówa ðe gé eówre geteld on sleán sceoldon, Deut. i. 33. VIc. to cast into chains (cf. O. Frs. on tha helda slein) :-- Hió sceolde ða men weorpan an wildedeóra líc and siððan sleán on ða raccentan and on copsas. Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32. VII. to move by a stroke, to strike off a limb, etc. :-- Hí slógon him of ðæt heáfod, Th. An. 122, 23. Sleá mon hond of oððe fót, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 7: 37; Th. i. 124, 23. VIII. metaph. to strike with disease, punishment, etc. , cf. a paralytic, apoplectic stroke :-- Ic ástrecce mine hand and sleá Egipta land on eallum minum wundrum. Ex. 3, 20. Sliét concidet (cervices peccatorum), Blickl. Gl. Hí mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wæ-acute;ron praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati, Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 31. B. intrans. I. to strike, make a stroke :-- Hé yrringa slóh in anger he struck, Beo. Th. 3135; B. 1565: 5350; B. 2679. On ðone eádgan andwlitan men hondum slógun, Exon. Th. 69, 22; Cri. 1124. Ðæt hé mé ongeán sleá, Beo. Th. 1367; B. 681. Ia. to strike as a smith does :-- Hé sulh heóld and on íren slóh and corn ðærsc and windwode. Shrn. 61, 18. II. to kill (the object not being expressed) :-- Ne sleah ð ú, L. Alf. 5; Th. i. 44, 17. Slyh (sleh, MS. A. ), Mk. Skt. 10, 19. þeóf ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele and sleá, Jn. Skt. 10, 10. Hié wæ-acute;ron ða burg hergende and sleánde, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 16. III. to move rapidly (v. A. VI. ), rush, dash, break, take a certain direction; cf. to strike into a path, across a country (cf. Icel. slásk to betake ones self] :-- Gesca sláet singultat (cf. Icel. impersonal use sló á hann hlátri he was seized with a fit of laughter). Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðæ-acute;r seolesburna sliht on meóne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 13, 31. Ðeáh swín beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu. Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 28. Hé on scip ástáh and slóh út on ða sæ-acute;put to sea, Ap. Th. 6, 6. Se lég slóh tó leofonum, Shrn. 73, 36. Ðá slóh ðæ-acute;r micel mist a great mist came on suddenly. Gen. 15, 17. Seó sæ-acute; slóh tógædere occurrerunt aquae, Ex. 14, 27. Hé ofdræ-acute;d slóh ádún ðæ-acute;rrihte terrified he straightway fell down as if struck (cf. Icel. slá sér niðr to throw one's self down on a bed), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 718. Ðá slóh ðæ-acute;r micel leóht fit æfter ðam englum (cf. Icel. impers. use, e. g. loganum sló út), Homl. Th. ii. 342, 7; 350, 24. On slógan incursere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 1. Drenc wið deádum swile ðæt hé út sleá, Lchdm. ii. 74, 18: 102, 20. Ðý læs hit in sleá, 324, 3. Gif hié út sleán if they (pocks) break out, 106, 4. [Goth. slahan: O. Sax. slahan: O. Frs. slá: O. H. Ger. slahan: Icel. slá.] v. á-, be-, for-, ful-, ge-, of-, ofer-, tó-, wið-sleán; fýst-slægen.
sleáw, slébe-scóh, sleccan. v. sláw, slífe-scóh, slæccan.
slecg, e; f. 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 hamerum and slecgum gefyldon quam ferrets uix comminuimus malleis, Nar. 21, 5. [The gret slegges, Parten. 3000, Icel. sleggja a sledge-hammer: O. H. Ger. slaga malleus.]
slecgettan; p. te To palpitate, beat, throb :-- Seó wamb cloccet, swá swá hit slecgete. Lchdm. ii. 220, 18. [O. H. Ger. slagazen palpitare, tremere. ]
sléd, sléf, sléfan, sléfe. v. slæ-acute;d, slíf, slífan, slífe.
slege, slæge, es; m. I. a stroke, blow :-- Mé and míne geféran mid ánum slege (iclu) hé (the whale) mæg besencan. Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33. Gif hine mon geyflige mid slege oððe mid bende, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 3, Geswell ðe wyrð of fylle oððe of slege, Lchdm. ii. 6, 28. His eáge wand út mid ðam slæge, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 143. Slægum ictibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 54. Of wundum oððe of sníþingum oððe of slegum, Lchdm. ii. 82, 23. II. of a serpent's sting, cf. sleán, III :-- Wið nædran slege, Lchdm. ii. 10, 21: no, 22. III. a striking, beating, (a) scourging :-- Seó sunsciéne slege þrowade, Exon. Th. 256, 10 ; Jul. 229. þéh ðú þolie synnigra slege though thou suffer scourging at the hands of sinners, Andr. Kmbl. 1911; An. 958. (b) stamping, coining, v. mynet-slege, sleán, II a. (c) clashing, collision, v. sleán, VI a :-- Slæge conlisio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 27. Slege, 15, 29. Slægum contunsionibus, 24, 43. Slegum, 20, 32. IV. a crash, clap of thunder, cf. Ger. donner-schlag :-- Ðæ-acute;r com swylce þunres slege, Nicod. 24; Thw. 13, 4. Hreám swá hlúd swá þunres slege, 27; Thw. 15, 5. [Wæs swyðe mycel lihtinge and ungemetlice slæge ðæræfter, Chr. 1118 ; Erl. 246, 40.] V. a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence. On the difference between slege and morþor see Grmm. R. A. 625) :-- Ðæra cildra slege (the murder of the innocents), Homl. Th. i. 80, 28. Hú nyt is ðé mín slæge quae utilitas in sanguine meo, Ps. Th. 29, 8. Nú is æ-acute;ghwonon yfel and slege, Blickl. Homl. 115, 16. Gif mon twýhyndne mon mid hló ðe ofsleá, gielde se ðæs sleges andetta sié . . . , L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 7. For geclæ-acute;nsunge his unrihtes slæges ob castigationem necis ejus injustae, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 25. Æfter Pendan slæge post occisionem Pendan, S. 557, 30. Æfter his slæge (interfectionem), 3, 9; S. 533, 30. On Urias slege (slæge, Hatt. MS. ), Past. 3; Swt. 34, 23. Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá, L. In. 23 ; Th. i. 116, 13. Mid his bróðor slege parricidio, Ors. 2, 2 ; Swt. 64, 23. Hé tihte ðæt folc to dæs Hæ-acute;lendes slege, Homl. Th. i. 292, 6: 216, 15. He is gelád tó slege swá swá scép, ii. 16, 20. Hí heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles tó slege they voluntarily prepared their necks for the fatal stroke, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 47. Mid micelre gnornunge ymb ðæs cyninges slege. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 23. þurh ðæs hyrdes slege byþ seó heord tðdræ-acute;fed. Mt. Kmbl. 26, 31. VI. a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades :-- Ðæt tácen núgiet cúþ is on ðære eá noman ðæs consules sleges Fauiuses testatur hanc Fabii cladem Allia, sicut Cremera Fabiorum, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 17. Crist him gefylste to his feónda slege (cf. hí álédon heora fýnd, 96, 22), A. S. Rdr. 95, 13. VII. metaph. a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease, etc. v. sleán, VIII :-- Æ-acute;r ðan ðe se fæ-acute;rlíca slege (the pestilence) ús ástrecce, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 21. VIII. an instrument for striking (or to be put with the next word?), (a) a slay :-- Slege percussorium (the word occurs among terms connected with weaving). Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 44. v. sleahe. (b) a plectrum [v. Hearp-slege plectro, Engl. Stud. xi. 64]. [Goth. slahs a stroke, blow: O. Sax. slegi slaying: O. Frs. slei: O. H. Ger. slag plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio: Icel. slagr a blow, defeat; cf. also slag; n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy.] v. bróðor-, deáþ-, dolg-, eár-, gegn-, hearm-, hearp-, hleór-, morþor-, mynet-, on-, sár-, sweord-, þeóf-slege(-slæge).
slege, es; n. A beam, bar. v. heáfod-, ofer-slege (-slæge). [Cf. Icel. slá; f. a cross-beam.]
slege-bítel, es; m. A beetle, hammer, mallet :-- Sleah ðonne on mid slegebýtle, Lchdm. ii. 342, 7.
slege-fæ-acute;ge; adj. Doomed to slaughter, doomed to death by the sword :-- Slegefæ-acute;ge hæleþ (the Assyrians before their defeat), Judth. Thw. 25, 7; Jud. 247.
slegel, es; m. An instrument for striking a harp :-- Slegele plectro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 79. [O. H. Ger. slegil percussorium, maza: Ger. schlagel: Du. slegel a hammer, mallet.]
sleg-neát, es; n. A beast to be slaughtered :-- Hé geselle eghwelce gére tuá slegneát (slægnæ-acute;t, Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 39), Ch. Th. 105, 4. [Cf. Icel. slag-á a ewe to be slaughtered. "] Cf. sliht-swín.
sleht, sleów, slépan (to sleep), slépan (to drag), slí v. sliht, slíw, slæ-acute;pan, slípan, slíw.