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slóh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
slóh, slóg; gen. slóges, slós; dat. slóh, sló; acc. slóg, slóh, sló; m. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§337;
A slough, hollow place filed with mire, a pathless, miry place
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  • -Slóh

    devium, orwegnes devia, s. loca secreta, quasi invia, sine via,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 139
      • ,
    • 53-56.

  • Tó ðam ealdan sló; of ðam sló tó ðam lytlan beorhe.

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 38, 27.

  • In reádan slóe,

      391, 31.

  • On ðæt reáde slóh ; of ðam slóh,

      376, 5.

  • On ðæt fúle slóh; of ðam sló,

      406, 32.

  • In ðone fúlan sló,

      381, 5.

  • On horgan slóh,

      Cod. Dip. B. ii. 394, 30.

  • On reádan slóh,

      398, 38.

  • Ðæt hors sum slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp

    equus quoddam itineris concavum transiliret,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 17
      • .

  • Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh.

      Wulfst. 239, 10.
Etymology
[Heo arist up of þe slo, O. and N. 1394. He hath also to do more than ynough To kepe him and his capel out of slough, Chauc. Mancip. Prol. 64. Skeat takes this to be a word borrowed from Celtic, v. Etym. Dict.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slóh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28055.

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  • slóh, n.

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