Sleahe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sleahe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: slǽ; Related words: 458, col. 1.] sleahe

Definitions

1 sleahe

f. A slay (or sley), a weaver's reed, an instrument of a weaver's loom that has teeth like a comb: -- Slahae pectica. Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 23. Slǽ pe[c]tica i. 282, 6. [Purvu de une lame (slay), Wrt. Voc. i. 157, 26. Sley lamia, pecten, 217, col. 2. Slaye lanea, 234, col. 2. Slay pecten, lania, Cath. Angl. 342, col. 2, and see note. Slay, webstarys loome lanarium, radius, Prompt. Par

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ᛋᛚᛠᚻᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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