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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1641
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Slepar, Sleiper, n.1 [ME and e.m.E. sleper (Chaucer), sleeper (Spenser), early ME also slepar (a1225); Slep(e v.] One who is asleep; also specif. the sevin sleparis, see Sevin num. 3. —1641 Aberd. B. Rec. III 253.
The sacrister … sall … [have] ane staff in the kirk for choping of sleiperis
