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† ofˈslay, ofˈsle, v. Obs.
Forms: see slay.
[OE. ofsléan, f. of-1 + sléan (:—slahan) to strike, slay.]
trans. To kill off, slay.
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. i. §5 He ofsloᵹ micel ðæs folces. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. i. xviii. [xxxiv.] (1890) 92 Ðeodbald..wæs ofslæᵹen mid ealle þy weorode þe he lædde. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 168 ᵹenim þas wyrte þe man solago minor..nemneð..heo þa wyrmas ofslihþ. c1205Lay. 685 Bi þone toppe he hine nom Al swa he hine walde of-slean. Ibid. 2559 Þer he his broðer of-sloh. c1250Gen. & Ex. 4077 Godes wreche ðor haueð of-slaȝen xxiii. ðusent of ðagen. c1320Sir Beues 2520 (MS. A) For to bringe þis quene aȝen And þe, Beues, her of-slen. |