Old English Dictionary Entry

Slítere

Part of speech: es ; Related words: slítan

Definitions

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1 slítere

m. I. a waster, destroyer :-- ' Hwæt is seó ungesǽl-ige sáwel?' Ð á sǽde hé him. ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere, Wulfst. 235, 24. II. a consumer of food, a glutton :-- Slíteras lurcones, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26. VI. slitere

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᛏᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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