Old English Dictionary Entry

Slápian

Related words: slápan , slǽpan. slapian

Definitions

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1 slápian

p. ode To cause to sleep, used impersonally with acc. ; cf. O. H. Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea :-- Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS. ) . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon his eáge lǽte slápian (slápan, slápigen, Cott. MSS. ) ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, ne dormitent palpebrae tuae . . . Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis . . . Somnum oculis dare, est . . . , Past. 28, 4; Swt. 193, 18-25.

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᚪᛈᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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