slayern.¹

Brit.

/ˈsleɪə/, U.S.

/ˈsleɪər/

Forms: α. Middle English sleer, Middle English–1500s sleere, Middle English–1500s slear, 1500s Scottish sleyar. β. Middle English slaer, sloer, Middle English–1500s slaar(e, slaer (Middle English sclaer). γ. 1500s– slayer (1500s Scottish slayar).

Etymology: < slay v.¹ + -er suffix¹; the compound manslayer n. is found a little earlier. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch slager, Middle Low German slegere (Low German släger), Old High German slagari and slahari (German schläger).

One who slays or kills. Also in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun]

baneOE

quelmerOE

quellerOE

murderer1340

slaughtermana1350

slayerc1380

killer1535

dispatcher1549

executioner1597

slaughterer?1611

widowmakera1616

mactator1656

zapper1969

α.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 151 Þei schullen be dampnyd..for sleeris of crist wiþ þe wickid iewis.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 373 Whan þe kyng was i-slawe, þe sleere fliȝ.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 227 Then Hispias..commaundede the sleer of his brother to be taken.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 54 Opun slears and traytors of þe schep.

a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 269 God for to honour,..no sleyar to be.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha ii. vii. 239 Any other, betweene whom and the slear there is no speciall ligeance.

β. a1400–50 Alexander 967 It gladis me..to ga þus to deth, To se my slaare..be sa sone ȝolden.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1278 The fyrst has bene a gret slaar off men.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xviii. 200 Sum allegis his fader was þe slaar of him.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 210 The slaers of Drumm sulde be banist to ffrance.γ. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. xxii*. sig. Pviij Men ought not wepe for hym yt giltles is slayne, But for the slayer.c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 121 Ane of the alledgit slayaris of the king.1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §14. 211 When he slayeth a malefactour he is not to be counted a slayer of men, but a destroyer of evill men.1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vi. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 943 The slayers left off at the evening.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 536 The slayer o'er the maim'd Exulting.1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 217 Each pestle's displayer, Who, living by drugs, proves humanity's slayer.1884 Manch. Examiner 10 May 5/5 The mutilators and slayers of pigeons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slayern.²

Brit.

/ˈsleɪə/, U.S.

/ˈsleɪər/

Etymology: < slay v.² + -er suffix¹.

One who sets warps.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > one who

warper1611

warp-dresser1851

slayer?1881

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64.

1899 Daily News 12 Jan. 2/1 Father,..Blacksmith. Boy,..Slayer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slayer
释义	slayern.¹ Brit. /ˈsleɪə/, U.S. /ˈsleɪər/ Forms: α. Middle English sleer, Middle English–1500s sleere, Middle English–1500s slear, 1500s Scottish sleyar. β. Middle English slaer, sloer, Middle English–1500s slaar(e, slaer (Middle English sclaer). γ. 1500s– slayer (1500s Scottish slayar). Etymology: < slay v.¹ + -er suffix¹; the compound manslayer n. is found a little earlier. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch slager, Middle Low German slegere (Low German släger), Old High German slagari and slahari (German schläger). One who slays or kills. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] baneOE quelmerOE quellerOE murderer1340 slaughtermana1350 slayerc1380 killer1535 dispatcher1549 executioner1597 slaughterer?1611 widowmakera1616 mactator1656 zapper1969 α. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 151 Þei schullen be dampnyd..for sleeris of crist wiþ þe wickid iewis. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 373 Whan þe kyng was i-slawe, þe sleere fliȝ. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 227 Then Hispias..commaundede the sleer of his brother to be taken. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 54 Opun slears and traytors of þe schep. a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 269 God for to honour,..no sleyar to be. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha ii. vii. 239 Any other, betweene whom and the slear there is no speciall ligeance. β. a1400–50 Alexander 967 It gladis me..to ga þus to deth, To se my slaare..be sa sone ȝolden.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 1278 The fyrst has bene a gret slaar off men.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xviii. 200 Sum allegis his fader was þe slaar of him.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 210 The slaers of Drumm sulde be banist to ffrance.γ. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. xxii. sig. Pviij Men ought not wepe for hym yt giltles is slayne, But for the slayer.c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents* (1833) 121 Ane of the alledgit slayaris of the king.1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §14. 211 When he slayeth a malefactour he is not to be counted a slayer of men, but a destroyer of evill men.1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vi. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 943 The slayers left off at the evening.1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 536 The slayer o'er the maim'd Exulting.1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 217 Each pestle's displayer, Who, living by drugs, proves humanity's slayer.1884 Manch. Examiner 10 May 5/5 The mutilators and slayers of pigeons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). slayern.² Brit. /ˈsleɪə/, U.S. /ˈsleɪər/ Etymology: < slay v.² + -er suffix¹. One who sets warps. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > preparing warp > one who warper1611 warp-dresser1851 slayer?1881 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64. 1899 Daily News 12 Jan. 2/1 Father,..Blacksmith. Boy,..Slayer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1380n.²?1881
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