slepe

See also: ślepe, slēpe, and slėpė

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːpə

Verb

slepe

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of slijpen
2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of slepen

Anagrams

• sleep, speel, spele

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

slepe (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of slep
2. dative of slep

Etymology 2

Verb

slepe

1. Alternative form of slepen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German slepen.

Verb

slepe (imperative slep, present tense sleper, passive slepes, simple past slepte, past participle slept, present participle slepende)

1. to tow, drag

Derived terms

• slepebåt

References

• “slepe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slepe (present tense slepar or sleper, past tense slepa or slepte, past participle slepa or slept, present participle slepande, imperative slep)

1. Alternative form of slepa

Noun

slepe f (definite singular slepa, indefinite plural sleper, definite plural slepene)

1. a mountain path, portage

Derived terms

• Nordmannsslepe
• tømmerslepe

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleː.pe/

Verb

slēpe

1. inflection of slǣpan:
   1. second-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English slep, from Old English slēp, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sliːp/

Noun

slepe

1. sleep

Derived terms

• aslepe

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 68