† aˈslip, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 asluppe (y), 4 aslyppe.
[f. a- prefix 1 + slip. Cf. OE. asl{uacu}pan; also MHG. entslüpfen, entslipfen, Du. ontslippen.]
To slip away, escape. (With dat. of person.)
| [a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. (Grein) 2796 Lǽt ðé asl{uacu}pan sorᵹe of breóstum.] c 1300 in Wright Lyric P. x. 38 Thah he me slowe, ne myht i him asluppe. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. C. 218 Her sayl watz hem aslypped on-sydez. |