slepe

See also: ślepe, slēpe, and slėpė

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːpə

Verb

slepe

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of slijpen
  2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of slepen

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English slǣp, slēp.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sleːp/, /slɛːp/

Noun

slepe (uncountable)

  1. sleep, restfulness
  2. dream
  3. weakness, tiredness
Descendants
  • English: sleep
  • Scots: slepe, sleip
  • Yola: slepe
References

Etymology 2

From Old English slǣpan.

Verb

slepe

  1. Alternative form of slepen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German slepen.

Verb

slepe (imperative slep, present tense sleper, passive slepes, simple past slepte, past participle slept, present participle slepende)

  1. to tow, drag

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slepe (present tense slepar or sleper, past tense slepa or slepte, past participle slepa or slept, present participle slepande, imperative slep)

  1. Alternative form of slepa

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English slepe, from Old English slǣp, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp.

Noun

slepe

  1. sleep

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 68
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