Participles
| Present | slēande |
| Past | (ġe)slæġen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | slēa |
| 2nd sing. | sliehst |
| 3rd sing. | sliehþ |
| 1st plur. | slēaþ |
| 2nd plur. | slēaþ |
| 3rd plur. | slēaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | slōg; slōh |
| 2nd sing. | slōge |
| 3rd sing. | slōg; slōh |
| 1st plur. | slōgon |
| 2nd plur. | slōgon |
| 3rd plur. | slōgon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | slēa |
| 2nd sing. | slēa |
| 3rd sing. | slēa |
| 1st plur. | slēan |
| 2nd plur. | slēan |
| 3rd plur. | slēan |
Past
| 1st sing. | slōge |
| 2nd sing. | slōge |
| 3rd sing. | slōge |
| 1st plur. | slōgen |
| 2nd plur. | slōgen |
| 3rd plur. | slōgen |
Imperative
| Singular | sleah |
| Plural | slēaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'slean'
slean,
Verbs similar to 'slean'
flean,
lean,
ælan,
alan,
belean,
beslean,
bledan,
fleon,
geslean,
lefan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *slahan.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Old Frisian slā, Old Saxon slahan (Low German slaan), Dutch slaan, Old High German slahan (German schlagen), Old Norse slá (Danish slå, Swedish slå), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan). See: Old Saxon '
slahan', Dutch '
slaan', Old High German 'slahan', German, old spelling '
schlagen', Danish '
slå', Swedish '
slå'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
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Hē sċeal ġeþenċan þæt hit is āwriten, "Þām dysegan ne mæġ man mid wordum ġestīeran," and eft on ōðerre stōwe, "Sleah þīnne sunu mid ġierde, þonne ālīest þū his sāwle fram dēaðe." (He should remember that it is written, "A fool cannot be corrected with words," and in another place, "Strike your son with a rod, and you will save his soul from death.")
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:67-8 (Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists. Some of them slapped him [literally "hit him with their broad hands"] and said, "Tell us, Messiah! Who is it that hit you?")
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25 (The hail killed everything that was outside, both people and animals.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31 (Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't get to taste it.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Sē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe. (The scorpion is venomous and stings things to death with its tail.)
Cognates
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