Slá

Old English Dictionary Entry

Slá

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: plúm-slá; sláh-þorn. sla

Definitions

1 slá

(from sláhe); gen. slán: but also sláh, slág, e; f. A sloe: -- Slá brumela, bellicum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 26. Slág bellicum, Txts. 45, 289. Genim onwǽre sláh ðæt seáw . . . gif sió sláh biþ gréne, Lchdm. ii. 32, 18 - 20. Gewring tósomne swilce sié án sláh, 54, 6. Slán moros. Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 33 : ii. 56, 32. [Cockayne quotes from a late MS. : Acasia est succus prunellarum [im]maturarum, grene slane wose: and pl. slon occurs Alis. 4983. In Baker's Northants. Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H. Ger. sléha, sléa prunella, agacia: Ger. schlehe: Dan. slaaen.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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