Middle English Dictionary Entry
slouthen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | slouthen v. Also slouth(e, sloughthen, slouȝthen & slauthen. |
| Etymology | From slouth(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To neglect (sth.) through slothfulness; also, lose (sth.) through sloth; (b) to be indolent or neglectful.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.19 : Som time he slowtheth in a day That he nevere after gete mai.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6139 : Ȝe han þe goddis founde..benigne..And so schal forþe, ȝif ȝou..Prouoke hem nat ȝoure purpos to delude, Wilfully to slouþen ȝoure fortune.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1004 : It were pite hir story for to hide, Or slouthe the penne of my reud stile.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)35/6 : Suche men wolle slouthe thi worshipe.
- (1455) RParl.5.286b : Diverses matiers..have be slowthed and throwen into grete and to jopardouse omission.
- (1465) Paston (EETS)1.300 : At the reuerens of God, slowth not youre maters nowe, and make an yend of hem.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)204/36 : I cannat vndirstonde whethir is more shame to them that kepe nat..their wardis or in them that shuld yeve socour and sloughth it by necligence.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3420 : Yit ne wol he noght travaile To helpe himself..Bot slowtheth under such a drede.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)108/18 : He þat dredyth god, no-thyng he slowȝthyth.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)281/9 : Þou schalt noȝt dullyn and slawthyn in þi labour of þi prayers.