† slemen.
Obsolete rare.
Weariness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
a1300 Early Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter cxviii. 28 For sleme [L. prae taedio] sleped saule myne.
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