| 释义 |
ˈslecken, v. Now dial.
Forms: 4–6 sleken, 4–5 slekyn, sleckun, 9 slecken.
[f. sleck v.1 + -en5. In some examples perh. slēken is intended, f. sleke sleak v.1]
= sleck v.1
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3101 Alle þe waters, þat men may rekken, A spark þar-of may noght sleken. a1340― Psalter xii. 4 Þe lyght of godis luf es grauen and slekynd in vs. c1400Apol. Loll. 98 Taking þe scheld of þe feiþ, in þe wilk we may sleckun all þe firun dartis of the enemy. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. lvii. 79 Cold water dronkyn yn wynter slekyns þe naturell hete. 1570Levins Manip. 61/35 To Sleken, extinguere. 1876Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘I ha'n't slecken'd mysel yet,’ my thirst is not yet abated. |