sliht

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slixt/, [sliçt]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *slahti, *slahtu, from Proto-Germanic *slahtuz.

Alternative forms

Noun

sliht m

  1. hit or strike
  2. killing, murder
  3. (of a coin) striking
  4. (of lightning) stroke; flash
  5. deadly stroke of disease
  6. that which is to be killed; animals for slaughter
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: slaht, slæht, slauȝt, slaught, slehte, sleȝte, sleiȝt

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Adjective

sliht

  1. level; smooth
Declension
Derived terms
  • eorþslihtes
Descendants
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