to strike, hit
→
reed (in loom)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old English | |
| Language 2 | Middle English | |
| Lexeme 1 | sleġe | |
| Lexeme 2 | sleie, slai | |
| Meaning 1 | blow, hit; death blow, murder | mid ānum sleġe; sārsleġe with one blow; a painful blow |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | reed (in loom) | |
| Reference | MED | |
| Comment | From Proto-West Germanic *slagi 'blow, strike', from Proto-Germanic *slagiz 'blow, strike'. Modern English sley 'reed (in loom)' | |