Slihtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Slihtan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 slihtan

p. te To smite, slay :-- Gif ðú fallas l slæhtas cadens (translator seems to have read caedens in the second case). Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 9. [Cf. O. H. Ger. slahtón mactare: Ger. schlachten.] slihtan

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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