sleepe

English

Noun

sleepe (countable and uncountable, plural sleepes)

1. Obsolete spelling of sleep.

Verb

sleepe (third-person singular simple present sleepes, present participle sleeping, simple past and past participle slepte)

1. Obsolete spelling of sleep.
   • 1633, John Donne, Loves Diet:

     Now negligent of sports I lye,
     And now as other Fawkners use,
     I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
     And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.

Anagrams

• Peeles, elpees, peeles

Middle English

Noun

sleepe

1. Alternative form of sleep