A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Sla], v. to slay, S2; see [Sleen].

[ Slade], sb. a valley, Manip., ND.—AS. slǽd.

[ Slagen], pp. slain, S; see [Sleen].

[ Slaht], sb. slaughter, SD; slaȝt, S2.—AS. sleaht.

Slaine, Slawen; see [Sleen].

[ Slak], sb. ravine, a hollow, depression, gap or pass between two hills, S3, B; slack, the low ground, HD; a common (in Yorkshire), NQ (1. 10. 400).

[ Slak], adj. slack, Prompt.; slac, S2; slake, dat., C.—AS. sleac: OS. slak.

[ Slakien], v. to be slack, to make loose, S, W; slake, to become less grievous, S2; to slacken, cease, C2; slakeþ, pr. s., burns low, S2; assuages, C2.—AS. slacian.

[ Slape], sb. sleep, S; see [Slepe].

[ Slatten], v. to throw down, to slap; slat, HD; sleateð, pr. pl., S.