Middle English Dictionary Entry
slengen v.
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.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1923 : Summe leye in dikes slenget.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2435 : The kinges men..euerilk fot of hem slowe But godard one, þat he flowe, So þe þef men dos henge Or hund men shole in dike slenge.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)2073 : He..hent him in his honden tvain & sleynt him in þe lake.
- a1475 In place (Hrl 3954)165 : Crist on croys was sleynt.
b
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4123 : Willelmus Slengebuttre.