Middle English Dictionary Entry
āȝen-slaȝa n.
Entry Info
Forms | āȝen-slaȝa n. |
Etymology | OE āgen-slaga. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A self-slayer, a suicide.
Associated quotations
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Nan seolf cwale, þet is, aȝen-sclaȝa, ne cumeð to godes riche.