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á-slacian

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to slacken, become slack,
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  • Bið ðæs mannes wæstm gebíged, his swura áslacod.

      Hml. Th. i. 614, 13.
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  • Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge.

      Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25.

  • Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum,

      98, 15.

  • Gif wé áslaciað þæs friðes and þæs weddes þe wé seald habbað,

      Ll. Th. i. 238, 21.

  • Ðý lǽs se anwald áslacige (-slacie, v. l.) ðæs recendómes

    ne solvantur jura regiminis

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      Past. 118, 4.

  • Ðý lǽs hira lufu áslacige

    ne eorum dilectio torpeat

    ,
      143, 9.

  • Þæt hí ðurh orsorhnesse ne ásleacion.

      Hml. Th. i. 610, 16.

  • Hé hæfð tó gódum weorce gewunad, and lǽt ðæt,áslacian,

      Past. 65, 15.

  • Gewilnunga lǽtan áslacian,

      Hml. S. 33, 120.

  • Áslacad hand

    manus remissa

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 318.

  • Ásclacad

    dissoluta

    ,
      696.

  • Ásclæcadun

    dimis(s)is

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      Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 52.

  • Áslæcadum,

      35, 56.
to make slack
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  • Áslacudæ, ásclacade

    hebitavit

    ,
      Txts. 66, 491.

  • Áslacude,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 45.

  • Áslacige

    (solet) enervare

    ,
      96, 51.

  • Ásleacod

    enervata

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      143, 53.

  • Áslacod

    evacuatum

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      144, 52.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-slacian.” 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/39034.

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