† aˈslept, ppl. a.
Also 3–4 asleped, -id.
[Exact formation uncertain; perh. for onsleped, OE. onslǽped. pa. pple. of onslǽpan to sleep on, fall asleep. Cf. also ahungered, athirst.]
Overcome with sleep.
| a 1300 Floriz & Bl. 582 Heo is asleped suiþe. 1382 Wyclif Habb. ii. 16 Drynke thou and be aslept. 1388 ― Judith xiii. 4 Holofernes lai in the bed, aslepid with ful myche drunkenesse. |