Sleht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sleht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: sleów, slépan ( Related words: sliht, slíw, slǽpan, slípan, slíw.slíc (7);

Definitions

1 sleht

to sleep), slépan (to drag), slí adj. I. sleek, smooth II. cunning, crafty, using smooth words (wards given under slícian) :-- Ic wæs ána slícera ðonne ealle óðre drýas sapientior eram omnium sapientium mago-rum. Nar. 50, 19. [Prompt. Parv. slyke or smothe lenis. With browis smothe and slyke (rimes with chike). Chauc. R. R. 542. Thowe make hem slyke and fatte ynough, Pall. I. 689. Icel. slíkr sleek.] sleht

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ᛋᛚᛖᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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