slean

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to hit; strike, punch
 * 2) * c. 973, Æthelwold's translation of the
 * "ang"

- Hē sċeal ġeþenċan þæt hit is āwriten, "Þām dysegan ne mæġ man mid wordum ġestīeran," and eft on ōðerre stōwe, "Sleah þīnne sunu mid ġierde, þonne ālīest þū his sāwle fram dēaðe."


 * 1) * c. 990, , Matthew 26:67-8
 * "ang"

- Þā spǣtton hīe on his ansīene and bēoton hine mid heora fȳstum. Sume hine slōgon mid heora brādum handum and cwǣdon, "Sæġe ūs, Crist, hwæt is sē þe þē slōg"?


 * 1) to kill
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 9:25
 * "ang"

- Sē hæġl slōg eall þā þing þe ūte wǣron, ǣġðer ġe menn ġe nīetenu.


 * 1) to slaughter (an animal)
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31
 * "ang"

- Man slihþ þīnne oxan beforan þe, and þū his ne ābītst.


 * 1)  to bite or sting
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
 * "ang"

- Sē þrōwend is ǣtren and slihþ mid þām tæġle tō dēaðe.


 * 1) to pitch (a tent)
 * 2) to mint (coins, money)
 * 3) to move quickly and suddenly

Usage notes

 * If it is necessary to specify punching rather than another kind of hitting, the phrase  (“with the fist”) may be added: Ġif man ōðerne mid fȳste in nasu slihþ, þrī sċillingas ("If someone punches someone else in the nose, three shillings [will be paid as compensation]").


 * Considering the phrases  (“clap of thunder”) and, it is likely that lightning and thunder were said to "strike" (slēan), as in Modern English.