n.
'murder' (Modern English manslaughter)
PGmc Ancestor
*slaxt-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
slátr 'butcher's meat, slaughter'
(ONP slátr (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far slátur, Icel slátur, Norw slåtr
OE Cognate
cp. slieht, slæht, sleaht, sleht, sliht, slyht 'stroke, slaughter, murder, death'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1
Attested in a variety of ME texts from the mid 14c. onwards; see also slaʒtir (n.).
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
WA 4486