---- _v. a._ == slacken. Ps. lxxxviii. 10 ---- _v. n._ == become slack, remiss, [slake]. Wright’s L. P. p. 54 Slade [slede], _sb._ == a green plain. RG. 447. AS. slǽd Slake. See Slack Slander [sclaundre], _sb._ RG. 333, 354 ---- == fame, report. Alys. 4797 Slating, == slaying. Alys. 200 Slave, _sb._ Body and Soul, 100 Slay, _v. a._ [sle]. 1128 B.; pret. ‘slowe.’ RG. 528; ‘slou.’ RG. 376; ‘slouȝ.’ 2373 B.; 2. pl. imper. ‘sleth.’ RG. 236; part. ‘yslawe.’ RG. 9 Slaȝt, _sb._ == slaughter. RG. 493, 379 Sledde, _sb._ == an old blind person. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. sladde. ON. slæfr, ‘hebes,’ ‘ignavus,’ slitti, ‘res flaccida’ Slede. See Slade Sleech, _adj._ == sly. Ritson’s AS. viii. 147. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. slægr Sleep, _sb._ RG. 429 ---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 152 Sleeper, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 278 Sleeping, _sb._ == sleep. 1576 B. Sleet, _sb._ Cok. 39 Sleeve, _sb._ HD. 1957. AS. sléf Sleight, _sb._ Ps. civ. 22 Sleme, _sb._ == weariness. Ps. cxviii. 28. AS. sluma. ON. slæmi Sletten, _vb._ == slid, fell. See Slide Slice, _sb._ Alys. 3833. AS. slican, to strike Slide, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 110. 3 pl. pret. ‘sletten.’ Alys. 2262; part. ‘islide.’ O. and N. 686 ---- _v. a._ == make to slide. Ps. lxxxviii. 24. AS. slídan Slider, _adj._ == slippery. O. and N. 954 Sliding, _sb._ Ps. cxiv. 8; lv. 13 Slike, _v. a._ == make smooth, comfortable. Rel. S. i. 43. part. ‘isliked.’ O. and N. 841. ON. slikja Sling, _sb._ Alys. 3223. AS. slingan ---- _v. a._ pret. ‘slonge.’ RG. 362; pret. ‘slongen.’ Body and Soul, 233 ---- _v. n._ == leap, fling oneself, pret. ‘slang.’ Alys. 5538 Slit, _v. a._ Ps. xxix. 12; part. ‘slat.’ Pol. S. 154 ---- _sb._ == pocket. O. and N. 1116 Sloe, _sb._ HD. 849. Alys. 4983. AS. slá Slot, _sb._ == bar. Ps. cvi. 16. Dut. slot Sloth, _sb._ RG. 195. AS. slæwð Slough, _sb._ == bog. Alys. 6075; [slo]. O. and N. 1392. AS. slog Slow, _adj._ RG. 455. AS. sláw Sly, _adj._ == cunning. Ps. viii. 4. RG. 350. ON. slægr. Dan. slu Slyly, _adv._ Cok. 156. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 Smack, _sb._ == scent. O. and N. 821. AS. smæc Small, _adj._ 2218 B. ---- _sb._ == infant, Ps. xvi. 13 Smaragde, _sb._ == emerald. Alys. 5683. Lat. smaragdus Smart, _adj._ == sharp, ‘a smart yard.’ Rel. Ant. i. 115; pert. Alys. 4160 ---- _v. a._ == to give pain to, torment. Wright’s L. P. p. 70 ---- _v. n._ == to ache, feel pain. pret. ‘smourte.’ RG. 322. 3 pl. ‘smerten.’ Alys. 5845. AS. smeortan Smear, _v. a._ == anoint [smyrie]. St Kath. 183; part. ‘ysmered.’ RG. 457. AS. smérian Smell, _sb._ == odour. RG. 43. Body and Soul, 219 ---- == scent (of a dog). O. and N. 820 ---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88. Body and Soul, 22. The ON. smella, ‘crepere, tinnire,’ is probably the origin of our ‘smell;’ words relating to the senses are frequently shifted from one to the other in different languages Smerle, _sb._ == ointment. Ps. cxxxii. 2. AS. smérels Smile, _sb._ 80 β. Swed. smila