ofslean

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *abslahan, equivalent to of- +‎ slēan. Cognate with Old High German abaslahan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ofˈslæ͜ɑːn/

Verb

ofslēan

  1. to kill
    • variously c. 893 – 12th century CE, entry for year {{{entry}}}, in Benjamin Thorpe, ed. and transl., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the Several Original Authorities, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1861, page 61:
      Hēr man ofslōh Ælfwine bē Trēntan.
      In this year a man slew Alvin near the Trent.
    • c. 900 CE, Alfred the Great [attributed], edited and translated by Henry Sweet, M.A., King Alfred's Orosius (Early English Text Society original series 79), London: N. Trübman & Co., published 1883, page 126:
      Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena,⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.
      There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.
    • variously c. 893 – 12th century CE, entry for year 970, in Benjamin Thorpe, ed. and transl., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the Several Original Authorities, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1861, page 234:
      An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.
      Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ofslēan (strong, class VI)
infinitive ofslēan ofslēanne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ofslēa ofslōg, ofslōh
second person singular ofsliehst ofslōge
third person singular ofsliehþ ofslōg, ofslōh
plural ofslēaþ ofslōgon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ofslēa ofslōge
plural ofslēan ofslōgen
imperative
singular ofsleah
plural ofslēaþ
participle present past
ofslēande ofslæġen, ofsleġen

Descendants

  • Middle English: ofslēn
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