sleahan, sleán: 1) _to strike, strike at_: a) intrans.: pres. subj. sg. þät he me ongeán sleá (_that he should strike at me_), 682; pret. sg. yrringa slôh (_struck angrily_), 1566; so, slôh hilde-bille, 2680. b) trans.: pret. sg. þät he þone nîð-gäst nioðor hwêne slôh _(that he struck the dragon somewhat lower_, etc.), 2700.--2) w. acc.: _to slay, kill_: pret. sg. þäs þe he Abel slôg (_because he slew A._), 108; so, slôg, 421, 2180; slôh, 1582, 2356; pl. slôgon, 2051; pret. part. þâ wäs Fin slägen, 1153. ge-sleán, w. acc.: 1) _to fight a battle_: pret. sg. ge-slôh þîn fäder fæhðe mæste, 459.--2) _to gain by fighting_: syððan hie þâ mærða ge-slôgon, 2997. of-sleán, _to ofslay, kill_, w. acc.: pret. sg. of-slôh, 574, 1666, 3061. slîðe (G. sleiþ-s), adj., _savage, fierce, dangerous_: acc. sg. þurh slîðne nîð, 184; gen. pl. slîðra ge-slyhta, 2399. slîðen, adj., _furious, savage, deadly_ nom. sg. sweord-bealo slîðen, 1148. slîtan, st. v., _to slit, tear to pieces_, w. acc.: pret. sg. slât (slæpendne rinc), 742. slyht, st. m., _blow_: in comp. and-slyht. ge-slyht, st. n. (collective), _battle, conflict_: gen. pl. slîðra ge-slyhta, 2399. smið, st. m., _smith, armorer_: nom. sg. wæpna smið, 1453; gen. sg. smiðes, 406.--Comp. wundor-smið. be-smiðian, w. v., _to surround with iron-work, bands_, etc.: pret. part. he (the hall Heorot) þäs fäste wäs innan and ûtan îren-bendum searo-þoncum besmiðod (i.e. the beams out of which the hall was built were held together skilfully, within and without, by iron clamps), 776. snell, adj., _fresh, vigorous, lively; of martial temper_: nom. sg. se snella, 2972. snellîc, adj., the same: nom. sg., 691. snotor, snottor, adj., _clever, wise, intelligent_: nom. sg. snotor, 190, 827, 909, 1385; in weak form, (se) snottra, 1314, 1476, 1787; snotra, 2157, 3121; nom. pl. snotere, 202, 416; snottre, 1592.--Comp. fore-snotor. snotor-lîce, adv., _intelligently, wisely_: compar. snotor-lîcor, 1483. snûde, adv., _hastily, quickly, soon_, 905, 1870, 1972, 2326, 2569, 2753. be-snyðian, w. v., _to rob, deprive of_: pret. sg. þätte Ongenþió ealdre be-snyðede Hæðcyn, 2925. snyrian, w. v., _to hasten, hurry_: pret. pl. snyredon ät-somne (_hurried forward together_), 402. snyttru, f., _intelligence, wisdom_: acc. sg. snyttru, 1727; dat. pl. mid môdes snyttrum, 1707; þe we ealle ær ne meahton snyttrum be-syrwan (_a deed which all of us together could not accomplish before with all our wisdom_), 943. Adv., _wisely_, 873. somne. See samne. sorgian, w. v.: 1) _to be grieved, sorrow_: imper. sg. II. ne sorga! 1385.--2) _to care for, trouble one's self about_: inf. nô þu ymb mînes ne þearft lîces feorme leng sorgian (_thou needst not care longer about my life's [body's] sustenance_), 451.