aslepe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aslape, a slepe, a-slepe, o slepe
• asleape, o slæpe (Early Middle English)
• asclepe, aslep (Late Middle English)

Etymology

a- (“on”) +‎ slepe, dative of slep (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈslɛːp(ə)/, /aˈsleːp(ə)/, /ɔ-/

Adverb

aslepe

1. asleep (in or heading towards sleep)
2. asleep (inattentive, unaware)
3. (of a topic or concern) ignored, brought to rest
4. (rare) paralysed, benumbed
5. (rare) from sleep, out of sleep

Descendants

• English: asleep
• Yola: aslepe

References

• “aslēpe, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “aslēpe, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English aslepe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsliːp/

Adverb

aslepe

1. asleep
   • 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 108:

     Hea shet his heade in a bushe, an vele aslepe.

     He thrust his head in a bush, and fell asleep.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 23