manslatir

n.

'murder' (Modern English manslaughter)

Etymology

This compound is formed within English from man slaʒtir (n.). See also manslaʒt (n.).

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

Attestation

Attested in a variety of ME texts from the mid 14c. onwards; see also slaʒtir (n.).

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 4486

Bibliography

MED man-slaughter (n.) , OED3 manslaughter (n.) , HTOED , Bj. 253, de Vries slátr, Mag. slátr