Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sleccan

Definitions

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1 ge-sleccan

p. -slæhte To make slack, enfeeble, weaken :-- Súslum geslæhte weakened by torments, Exon. 10 a; Th. 10, 8; Cri. 149. [Cf. O. Sax. an siuni gislekit.] ge-sleccan

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛚᛖᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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