Slíþen

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

slíþen

adj. Cruel, hard, evil :-- Slíden infastum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111 , 66. Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte, Bt. 5, 3 ; Fox 14, 4. Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin. Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147. Hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geferan how cruel is care as a comrade, Exon. Th. 288, 12; Wand. 39. He him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes, 362, 25 ; Wal. 42. On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death), 161, 27; 06. 965. In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life, 316, 22 ; Mód. 52. sliþen