Sláwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sláwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: á-, for-sláwian. slawian

Definitions

1 sláwian

p. ode To be or become slow, sluggish, inactive :-- Hwæs wilnast ðú ðæt dú ne sláwedest swá micel geswinc tó gefremmanne what dost thou desire, that thou hast not been slow to perform so great a labour,Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 224. Wacige and swince ðár ongeán tfæt hé oft ǽr beslép and sláwode, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 3. Slágige (slacige?) l sláwige pigeat, Hpt. Gl. 479, 5. [O. H. Ger. sléwén hebere, torpere: cf. Icel. sljófa to blunt.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᚪᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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