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sliht

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
sliht, sleaht, sleht, slieht, sliét, slyht (s see the cpds. ), es; m.
a striking of coin.
v. pening-sliht.
a stroke, flash of lightning,
v. líget-sliht.
slaughter, death by violence
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  • Ðes sliht

    haec caedes,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27
    • ;
    • Zup. 53, 4
    • .
  • Æt eallum slyht[e?] and æt ealre ðære hergunge ðe ǽr ðam gedón wǽre, sér ðæt frið geset wǽre . . . nán man ðæt ne wræce ne bóte ne bidde,

    • L. Eth. ii. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 288, 1
    • .
  • Hú hé mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde

    • Ors. 2, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 82, 17 : 5, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 238, 5.
    • III a.

    the deadly strokeof disease

  • Ðis folc is mid swurde ðæs heofonlícan graman of*-*slegen, and gehwilce sind mid fǽrlícum slihte áwéste.

      Homl. Th. ii. 124. 10.
what is to be killed, animals for slaughter, v. sliht-swín (cf.
Icel. slátr butcher's meat; slátra to slaughter cattle)
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  • Gafolswáne gebyreþ ðæt hé sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent. On manegum landum stent ðæt hé sylle ǽlce geáre . xv. swýn tó sticunge,

    • L. R. S. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 436, 11
Etymology
[
Kath. slaht
,
Laym. slaht, slæht, sclæht, slejht
:
R. Glouc. slajt
. Cf.
O. Sax. man-slahta
; f. :
O. Frs. slachte a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining
,
O. H. Ger. slahta strages, occisio
;
Icel. sláttr; m. mowing ; striking of an instrument.
']
Similar entries
v. fiðer(-el ?)-, for-, hand-, hlóþ-, líget-, mǽg-, mann-, morþ-, morþor-, pening-, þeóf-, wæl-sliht; cf. slege.
Linked entries
v.  slæht sleht hand-sliht eorþ-slihtes.
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