adv.
WA slyghtly
(Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*slōg-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
cp. slægð (n.) ‘slyness, cunning’
(ONP cp. slǿgð (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
cp. slēan (v.) 'to strike, beat, stamp, coin (money), forge (weapons)'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1c
MED has a handful of citations, beginning in the 15c., all of which are N or E. Attestations of sleʒt (n.), occur earlier and are more widespread.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 2057, 2870
This adv. occurs only in the D MS of WA; A has sliʒly (see sleʒly (adv.)) at 2870 and at 2057 reads 'seʒes sidlings doun' for 'sweyd sleghtly downe' in D.