"slep" meaning in Middle English

See slep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sleːp/, /slɛːp/
Etymology: From Old English slǣp, slēp. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|slǣp}} Old English slǣp Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} slep, {{enm-noun|-}} slep (uncountable) Forms: slape [alternative], slepe [alternative], slæp [alternative], sleap [alternative], sclepe [alternative], sleep [alternative], sleepe [alternative], slepe [alternative], sleppe [alternative], sslep [alternative]
  1. sleep, restfulness Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-slep-enm-noun-e4M15Y9U Disambiguation of Sleep: 69 31 0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 93 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 89 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 3 3
  2. dream Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-slep-enm-noun-MP3jWLNH
  3. weakness, tiredness Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-slep-enm-noun-IQcnVA1Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aslepe, slepen, sleples, slepy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          },
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "form": "sleep",
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      ]
    },
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    },
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          "english": "For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]",
          "ref": "c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v",
          "text": "For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […]",
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      "ipa": "/sleːp/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/slɛːp/"
    }
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}
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    },
    {
      "form": "slepe",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "slæp",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "sleap",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "sleep",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slepe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]",
          "ref": "c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v",
          "text": "For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/sleːp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/slɛːp/"
    }
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