A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Slefe,) Sleif, Slev(e, Slew(e, v.1 [ME slefe (15th c.), OE sléfan.] To cause to slip or slide on, our, in. —?1438 Alex. i 2375.
He … The renȝe on his arme can sleif [F. mist] c1475 Wall. vii 207.
A rynnand cord thai slewyt our his hed 1513 Doug. vi iv 25.
Sum slevit knyvis in the bestis throtis
