Middle English Dictionary Entry
slēuīe n.
Entry Info
Forms | slēuīe n. Also ? sleme. |
Etymology | ?From OE slǣw, LOE slēaw (vars. of slāw) or ME sleuthe n.; cp. MHG slēwe languor, dullness. If reading in preferred MS is slēme, cp. OI sleyma, Norw. slöyma tall, indolent person, cogn. with OE slūma. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Languor, heaviness, weariness.
Associated quotations
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)118.28 : For sleuie [MS: ?sleme; vrr. sleuie; sleuthe; L tædio] sleped saule myne.