slæwþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slāw +‎ -þ. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slæːwθ/

Noun

slǣwþ f

sloth; laziness

Inflection

Declension of slæwþ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	slǣwþ	slǣwþa, slǣwþe
accusative	slǣwþe	slǣwþa, slǣwþe
genitive	slǣwþe	slǣwþa
dative	slǣwþe	slǣwþum

Descendants

Middle English: slouthe, slewthe
- English: sloth
- Scots: sleuth

Further reading

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “slǽwþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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