geslean

== Old English == === Etymology === From ġe- +‎ slēan. Cognate with Old High German gislahan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈslæ͜ɑːn/ === Verb === ġeslēan to hit; strike, punch to kill to slaughter (an animal) (of a snake, insect, or arachnid) to bite or sting to pitch (a tent) to mint (coins, money) to move quickly and suddenly ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gesleán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.