† sleven.
Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning unknown.)
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?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiiv Or he shall lode his corne, he must haue a wayne a copyoke, a payre of sleues, a wayne rope, & a pycforke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† slevev.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To cause to slip (on, down, over, or into something).
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > cause to slip or slide > down, off, over, etc.
sleve1488
slip1662
?a950 Prose Life Guthlac (1909) xvi. 153 Guðlac hine sylfne ungyrede, and þæt reaf..he hit slefde on þone.. man.
14.. Master of Game (Douce 335) xxxiv. lf. 62 b Thanne shold the hunter slefe doun the skyn as fer as he may.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 207 A rynnand cord thai slewyt our his hed.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iv. 25 Sum slevit knyffis in the beistis throtis.
2. intransitive. With over. To slip past.
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the world > time > [verb (intransitive)]
overgoeOE
agoeOE
goOE
forthgoOE
runOE
overdrivea1275
farea1325
overmetea1325
walka1325
passc1330
slidec1374
yern1377
to pass overa1382
wastec1385
waive1390
to pass awaya1400
overseyc1400
drive?c1450
to drive ona1470
slevea1510
to roll awaya1522
to roll overa1522
to wear out, forth1525
flit1574
to pass on1574
to run on1578
overhie1582
wear1597
overslip1607
spend1607
travel1609
to go bya1616
elapsea1644
to come round1650
efflux1660
to roll round1684
lapse1702
roll1731
to roll around1769
to roll by1790
transpire1824
to come around1829
tide1835
elabe1837
tick1937
a1510 G. Douglas King Hart ii. 187 Ȝe did greit miss..That sleuthfullie suld lat ȝour tyme our sleif, And come thus lait.
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