▪ I. sleve
obs. form of sleeve n. and v.
▪ II. † sleve, n. Obs.—1
(Meaning unknown.)
| 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §5 Or he shall lode his corne, he muste haue a wayne, a copyoke, a payre of sleues, a wayne⁓rope, and a pykforke. |
▪ III. † sleve, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 slefe, Sc. slewe.
[OE. sléfan, of uncertain relationship. Cf. slive v.2]
1. trans. To cause to slip (on, down, over, or into something).
| ? a 950 Guthlac (1909) xvi. 153 Guðlac hine sylfne unᵹyrede, and þæt reaf..he hit slefde on þone.. man. 14.. Master of Game (MS. Douce 335) xxxiv. lf. 62 b, Thanne shold the hunter slefe doun the skyn as fer as he may. c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 207 A rynnand cord thai slewyt our his hed. 1513 Douglas æneid vi. iv. 25 Sum slevit knyffis in the beistis throtis. |
2. intr. With over. To slip past.
| a 1510 Douglas K. Hart ii. 187 Ȝe did greit miss..That sleuthfullie suld lat ȝour tyme our sleif, And come thus lait. |