Middle English Dictionary Entry
slā̆m(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slā̆m(e n. Also slaime. |
| Etymology | ?MLG slam mud; vowel length perh. influenced by lame, N var. of ME lōm n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mud, slime.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Alle-mighty god in trinitie (Roy 17.B.17)354 : Þou art al stynk & slayme with-Inne, and a seckeful of muk pryue, þat is couerde with þat foule skynne.
- a1450 NHom.in NM 73 (Cmb Dd.1.1)p.205 : For her of spak God to Adam Whan he him made of erthe and slam [vr. lame].
- a1450 When adam delf (Cmb Dd.5.64)3 : Of erth & slame als was adam maked.