Middle English Dictionary Entry
slaveren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | slaveren v. Also slaver(on, slawer; sg.3 slavereth, etc. & slaveret, sclaveret. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. Icel. slafra. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. slabben v.
1.
To drool, salivate, slobber; crave; also, stammer [last quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)11 : Le enfant..baave [glossed:] slaveres [vrr. slaveryt; dreveleth, dravels].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)1077 : Il baave [glossed:] slavereth [vrr. slaveret; draveleth].
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)784 : Als tyte als a man waxes alde..His mouthe slavers, his tethe rotes.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)668/22 : Salmare [read: saliuare]: to slawer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)458 : Slaveron: Orexo.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)133/635 : If an hors sclaueret oute of curse, Take hony & salt & eysel, [etc.].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115a : To Slavyr: Balbutire.