slæp

Middle English

Noun

slæp (uncountable)

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of slepe

Old English

Alternative forms

• slēap

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp.

Cognate with Old Saxon slaep, slāp (Low German Slaap), Middle Dutch slaep (Dutch slaap), Old High German slāf (German Schlaf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæːp/

Noun

slǣp m

1. sleep
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

     Þæt cild þære meder geandwyrde, "Modor min, nyste ic hú ðyses geares ymryne geendode, forðan ðe ic softum slǣpe me gereste, swa swa ðu me forlete, oð þæt þu eft me nu awrehtest."

     The child answered the mother, "My mother, I know not how this year's course has ended, for I was resting in soft sleep, as thou didst leave me, until thou now again hast awakened me."

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	slǣp	slǣpas
accusative	slǣp	slǣpas
genitive	slǣpes	slǣpa
dative	slǣpe	slǣpum

Derived terms

• slǣpern
• slǣplēas

Related terms

• slǣpan

Descendants

• Middle English: slepe, sleepe, sleep
  • English: sleep