Middle English Dictionary Entry
slīpen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | slīpen v. P.ppl. slī̆pped. |
| Etymology | MDu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To polish or whet (a sword); (b) refl. ?to clean oneself.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(1471) *Ripley CAlch.(Ashm 1486)1328 : Make hem..by congellacon into a myneren [read: mynere] metallyne, whyche lyke a swerde newe slypped then wyll schyne.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6530 : As an hound..His mouth upon the gras he wypeth, And so with feigned chiere him slypeth.