n. (vbl. n.)
‘slanting flight, shooting’, or perhaps ‘sleet’? (Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*slent- or *slant-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
cp. sletta (v.) ‘to slap, dab’
(ONP sletta (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far sletta, Icel sletta, Norw sletta; Norw sletta, Norw dial slinta, Dan slente, Sw slinta; Far slettingur , Icel slettingur
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
BB2
Although the vbl n. is a hapax legomenon, the v. slenten (see MED s.v.) occurs in ME without apparent dialectal restriction; OED cites some instances of the v. in various MnE dial.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1160
Madden read sleutyng at Gaw 1160, but this was corrected by Morris.