Skweȝ. See Skewe.

Slade, n. valley, V 79. [OE. slæd.]

Slayn. See Slo.

Slake, v. to slacken, die down, XIII a 4. [OE. slacian.]

Slang, pa. t. pl. flung, X 53; Slongyn, pp. VII 165. [ON. slyngva.]

Sle, adj. cunning, X 15; working in secret, IV a 10 (see note). [ON. slœ́g-r.] See Slyght.

Slep(e), Sleep, Shlepe, n. sleep, XI b 219, XII a 81, 88, XV g 14, &c.; (personified) XII a 47, 89, &c.; on slepe, asleep, II 72; slydyn vppon shlepe, fallen into oblivion, or fallen asleep, dead, VII 6. [OE. slēp, slǣp.]

Slepe(n), v. to sleep, II 407, 456, XII a 141, XV a 3, &c.; refl. in slep þou þe, go to sleep, XV g 13; go slepe, go to sleep, VIII a 296; Slepe, pa. t. II 75, 134, 402; Slepte, I 159, 243. [OE. slēpan, slǣpan, str. and wk.]

Slepi, adj. sleepy, drowsy, XII a 91, 104, 109. [OE. in un-slēpig.]

Sleuthe, Sloth, n. sloth, VIII a 137, XVII 53. [OE. slǣwþ.] See Slowe.