"slean" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sleans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slean (plural sleans)
  1. Alternative spelling of slane Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: slane
    Sense id: en-slean-en-noun-7wUiT8qH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 47 3 3 5 15 3 3 22

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /slæ͜ɑːn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *slahan. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian slā, Old Saxon slahan (Low German slaan), Dutch slaan, Old High German slahan (German schlagen), Old Norse slá (Danish slå, Swedish slå), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*slahan}} Proto-West Germanic *slahan, {{cog|ofs|slā}} Old Frisian slā, {{cog|osx|slahan}} Old Saxon slahan, {{cog|nds|slaan}} Low German slaan, {{cog|nl|slaan}} Dutch slaan, {{cog|goh|slahan}} Old High German slahan, {{cog|de|schlagen}} German schlagen, {{cog|non|slá}} Old Norse slá, {{cog|da|slå}} Danish slå, {{cog|sv|slå}} Swedish slå, {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|slēan}} slēan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|slēan<s6/pp:slæġen>}} Forms: slēan [canonical], strong [table-tags], slēan [infinitive], slēanne [infinitive], slēa [first-person, present, singular], slōg [first-person, past, singular], slōh [first-person, past, singular], sliehst [present, second-person, singular], slōge [past, second-person, singular], sliehþ [present, singular, third-person], slōg [past, singular, third-person], slōh [past, singular, third-person], slēaþ [plural, present], slōgon [past, plural], slēa [present, singular], slōge [past, singular], slēan [plural, present], slōgen [past, plural], sleah [imperative, past, present, singular], slēaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], slēande [imperative, present], slæġen [imperative, past], ġeslæġen [imperative, past]
  1. to hit; strike, punch
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-ir6ZQVmp
  2. to kill
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-Ps~5DR-I
  3. to slaughter (an animal)
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-96NPXBWN
  4. (of a snake, insect, or arachnid) to bite or sting
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-uIPuPAsZ
  5. to pitch (a tent)
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-FEQOe4Tt
  6. to mint (coins, money)
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-C~pD01qi
  7. to move quickly and suddenly
    Sense id: en-slean-ang-verb-yRju16Ua
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sla, slan, slæan [Mercian], slæ — Northumbrian Derived forms: ofslēan Related terms: slaga, sleċġ, sleġe, sleġel, sliht

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "sleans",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "slane"
        }
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Alternative spelling of slane"
      ],
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          "slane",
          "slane#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slean"
}

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    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: sleen, slayn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: sleen, slayn"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "expansion": "Scots: slay",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: slay"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "slā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian slā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "slahan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon slahan",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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      },
      "expansion": "Low German slaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German slahan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlagen"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlagen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "slá"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse slá",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slå"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "6",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "slēa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sliehst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sliehþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōgon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sleah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slæġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeslæġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ang-verb"
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slaga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sleċġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sleġe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sleġel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sliht"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He should remember that it is written, \"A fool cannot be corrected with words,\" and in another place, \"Strike your son with a rod, and you will save his soul from death.\"",
          "text": "c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict\nHē sċeal ġeþenċan þæt hit is āwriten, \"Þām dysegan ne mæġ man mid wordum ġestīeran,\" and eft on ōðerre stōwe, \"Sleah þīnne sunu mid ġierde, þonne ālīest þū his sāwle fram dēaðe.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists. Some of them slapped him [literally \"hit him with their broad hands\"] and said, \"Tell us, Messiah! Who is it that hit you?\"",
          "roman": "Þā spǣtton hīe on his ansīene and bēoton hine mid heora fȳstum. Sume hine slōgon mid heora brādum handum and cwǣdon, \"Sæġe ūs, Crist, hwæt is sē þe þē slōg\"?",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:67-8",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hit; strike, punch"
      ],
      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-ir6ZQVmp",
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The hail killed everything that was outside, both people and animals.",
          "roman": "Sē hæġl slōg eall þā þing þe ūte wǣron, ǣġðer ġe menn ġe nīetenu.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill"
      ],
      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-Ps~5DR-I",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't get to taste it.",
          "roman": "Man slihþ þīnne oxan beforan þe, and þū his ne ābītst.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slaughter (an animal)"
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      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-96NPXBWN",
      "links": [
        [
          "slaughter",
          "slaughter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The scorpion is venomous and stings things to death with its tail.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nSē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bite or sting"
      ],
      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-uIPuPAsZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "arachnid",
          "arachnid"
        ],
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "insect; or arachnid; insect; or arachnid",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a snake, insect, or arachnid) to bite or sting"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a snake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pitch (a tent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-FEQOe4Tt",
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          "pitch",
          "pitch"
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      "glosses": [
        "to mint (coins, money)"
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      "id": "en-slean-ang-verb-C~pD01qi",
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move quickly and suddenly"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slæ͜ɑːn/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sla"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "slæan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slæ — Northumbrian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slean"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs"
  ],
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      "form": "sleans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "word": "slane"
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        "English nouns"
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    "Old English class 6 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "ofslēan"
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      ],
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      "text": "Scots: slay"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "inh": "1"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *slahan",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "slā"
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon slahan",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "slaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German slaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "slaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch slaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "slahan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German slahan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlagen"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlagen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "slá"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse slá",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "slå"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish slå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "slå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish slå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *slahan.\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian slā, Old Saxon slahan (Low German slaan), Dutch slaan, Old High German slahan (German schlagen), Old Norse slá (Danish slå, Swedish slå), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slēan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "6",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sliehst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sliehþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōgon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slōgen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sleah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slēande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slæġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeslæġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slēan"
      },
      "expansion": "slēan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slēan<s6/pp:slæġen>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "slaga"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleċġ"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleġe"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleġel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sliht"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He should remember that it is written, \"A fool cannot be corrected with words,\" and in another place, \"Strike your son with a rod, and you will save his soul from death.\"",
          "text": "c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict\nHē sċeal ġeþenċan þæt hit is āwriten, \"Þām dysegan ne mæġ man mid wordum ġestīeran,\" and eft on ōðerre stōwe, \"Sleah þīnne sunu mid ġierde, þonne ālīest þū his sāwle fram dēaðe.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists. Some of them slapped him [literally \"hit him with their broad hands\"] and said, \"Tell us, Messiah! Who is it that hit you?\"",
          "roman": "Þā spǣtton hīe on his ansīene and bēoton hine mid heora fȳstum. Sume hine slōgon mid heora brādum handum and cwǣdon, \"Sæġe ūs, Crist, hwæt is sē þe þē slōg\"?",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:67-8",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hit; strike, punch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The hail killed everything that was outside, both people and animals.",
          "roman": "Sē hæġl slōg eall þā þing þe ūte wǣron, ǣġðer ġe menn ġe nīetenu.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't get to taste it.",
          "roman": "Man slihþ þīnne oxan beforan þe, and þū his ne ābītst.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slaughter (an animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slaughter",
          "slaughter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The scorpion is venomous and stings things to death with its tail.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nSē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bite or sting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "arachnid",
          "arachnid"
        ],
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "insect; or arachnid; insect; or arachnid",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a snake, insect, or arachnid) to bite or sting"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a snake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pitch (a tent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mint (coins, money)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mint",
          "mint"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move quickly and suddenly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
        [
          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slæ͜ɑːn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sla"
    },
    {
      "word": "slan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "slæan"
    },
    {
      "word": "slæ — Northumbrian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slean"
}

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