Middle English Dictionary Entry
sluggen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sluggen v. Also sluggon; ppl. slugginge, etc. & sclugging, (error) slaggryng. |
| Etymology | Prob. ON: cp. Swed. sloka to slouch, droop, Norw. dial. slōka to move laboriously, & Swed. dial. slogga to be slow or sluggish; also cp. ME slugge n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. forsluggen v.
1.
To be lazy or slothful; ppl. slugginge, lazy, sluggish, characterized by sloth.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Talking LGod (Vrn)38/17 : Whonne þou seȝe..þat I ne wolde arysen..aȝeynes my foos..but slouȝ, slugginde lyen, slumbrinde in sunne, Þenne come þou my leof.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)460 : Sluggyn [Win: Sluggon]: Desidio, torpeo, pigritor.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)166/21 : She..folowynge þe strengþe of hir lorde, slugged neuer wiþ slouþe.
- c1450 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Tex 143)I.706 : Sluggynge [Elsm: Thanne cometh Sompnolence, that is, sloggy slombrynge].
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)97 : Yit j sey thee that slough thou shalt fynde him and slugginge.
- c1500 15c.Serm.Cycle(Glo 22:Powell)60/44 : Scluggyng [vr. slaggryng; Hrl: sluggy slouth of ydilnes].