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† to-ˈslay, v. Obs.
Forms: see slay.
[OE. tosléan, f. to-2 + sléan to strike, slay. So OS. te-slahan; OFris. to-slâ, OHG. za-, zi-slahan, MHG. zerslahen, zerslân, Ger. zerschlagen.]
trans. To strike or knock to pieces; to strike down violently; also, to kill outright.
a700Epinal Gloss. (O.E.T.) 195 Concidit, tisloᵹ. c725Corpus Gloss. 516 Tosloᵹ. c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. ii. §1 Þunor tosloᵹ heora hiehstan godes hus Iofeses. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 450 Swiðlic wind..tosloh þæt hus. c1430Syr Tryam. 372 Why dyd he the to-slon? 14..Sir Beues (C.) 2712 And had caste on hym venome, And the knyght all to-sloon. |