Middle English Dictionary Entry
slāle adj.
Entry Info
Forms | slāle adj. |
Etymology | ?Cp. MnE dial. slale; ?error for skailande, ppl. of scailen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Violent, fierce; ?scattering, dispersing.
Associated quotations
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3117 : Thane ischewis owt of þat cete, full sone be þe morne, Slale discouerours, skyftes theire horses.