slean

== English == === Noun === slean (plural sleans) Alternative spelling of slane. === Anagrams === leans, Elans, enals, Elsan, L'Anse, Leans, nales, slane, elans, Slane, Nales, Neals, neals, ELANs, élans, ANSEL, Ansel, lanes == Middle English == === Verb === slean (AB language) alternative form of sleen == Old English == === Alternative forms === sla, slan, slæan — Mercian sla, slæ — Northumbrian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *slahan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slæ͜ɑːn/ Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːn === Verb === slēan to hit; strike, punch c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:67-8 to kill late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25 to slaughter (an animal) late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31 (of a snake, insect, or arachnid) to bite or sting c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany" to pitch (a tent) to mint (coins, money) to move quickly and suddenly ==== Usage notes ==== If it is necessary to specify punching rather than another kind of hitting, the phrase mid fȳste (“with the fist”) may be added: Ġif man ōðerne mid fȳste in nasu slihþ, þrī sċillingas ("If someone punches someone else in the nose, three shillings [will be paid as compensation]") (Law of Æthelberht). Considering the phrases þunres sleġe (“clap of thunder”) and līeġetsliht (“lightning strike”), it is likely that lightning and thunder were said to "strike" (slēan), as in Modern English. The derived verb tōslēan was also used for this purpose. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== forslēan ġeslēan ofāslēan ofslēan tōslēan ==== Related terms ==== slaga sleċġ sleġe sleġel sliht ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sleen, scle, sclee, sle, slee, slen, sleyn, slo, slon, slæn, slea, slean (Early Middle English), sley, sleye, scloo, sloo (Late Middle English), sla, slan, slaw, slay, slaye (Northern, Northeast Midland)English: slay (obsolete slea)Middle Scots: sla, slayScots: slay