Middle English Dictionary Entry

slengen v.
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Entry Info

Forms slengen v. Also slenge; p. sleint; ppl. slenget, sleint.
Etymology ON: cp. Icel. slengja, Norw. slenga, slenja, Dan. slænge, Swed. slänga; also cp. MLG slengen; p. & p.ppl. form sleint perh. from OE *slengan, causative of slingan.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. slingen v.
1.
(a) To throw (sb., an animal), cast; put (sb. on sth.) forcefully; (b) ?in surname.
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