- áslúpan
- sv/t2 3rd pres áslýpð past ásléap/áslupon ptp áslopen to slip off, escape, disappear (of + dat)
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
áslúpan
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slope — slope1 W3 [sləup US sloup] n 1.) a piece of ground or a surface that slopes ▪ a steep slope ▪ a gentle (=not steep) slope ▪ She looked back up the grassy slope. 2.) an area of steep ground covered with snow that people ↑ski down ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
slope — (v.) 1590s, from earlier adj. meaning slanting (c.1500), probably from M.E. aslope (adv.) on the incline (late 15c.), from O.E. *aslopen, pp. of aslupan to slip away, from a away + slupan to slip (see SLEEVE (Cf. sleeve)). The noun is first… … Etymology dictionary
slope — [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of… … Word origins
slope — [slōp] n. [ME < aslope, sloping (mistaken as a slope) < OE aslopen, pp. of aslupan, to slip away < slupan, to glide: see SLOOP] 1. a piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground 2. any inclined line, surface,… … English World dictionary
