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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Slepe], sb. sleep, S, S2, Prompt.; slape, S; slep, S.—AS. slǽp: OS. sláp; cp. OFris. slép.

[ Slepen], v. to sleep, S; slep, pt. s., S, S3; slepte, (weak form), C2, PP; slepen, pl., PP.—AS. slǽpan, pt. slép; a reduplicating verb, see Douse, p. 48.

[ Slepyng], sb. sleep, S2.

[ Sleðrende], pr. p. falling like snow, S.

[ Sleuth], sb. track, trail, slot, S2, B; sluth, B; slewth, B; sloð, S, SkD. Comb.: sleuth-hund, a sleuth-hound, S2.—Icel. slóð.

[ Sleuþe], sb. sloth, S2, P; sleuth, H; see [Slouthe].

[ Sleue], sb. sleeve, C3, Prompt.—AS. sléfe.

[ Sleueles], adj. sleeveless, useless, HD.

[ Sley], adj. sly, S2; see [Sly].

[ Sleythe], sb. cunning, skill, falsehood, trick, Prompt., PP; sleithe, PP; sleȝþe, S2; slehþe, SD, PP; slithe, PP; slyþe, PP; sleighte, PP, C, C2, C3; sleht, S; sleght, S2.—Icel. slægð (for slœgð). See [Sly].