ˈslecken, v. Now dial.
Forms: 4–6 sleken, 4–5 slekyn, sleckun, 9 slecken.
[f. sleck v.1 + -en5. In some examples perh. slēken is intended, f. sleke sleak v.1]
= sleck v.1
| c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 3101 Alle þe waters, þat men may rekken, A spark þar-of may noght sleken. a 1340 ― Psalter xii. 4 Þe lyght of godis luf es grauen and slekynd in vs. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 98 Taking þe scheld of þe feiþ, in þe wilk we may sleckun all þe firun dartis of the enemy. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. lvii. 79 Cold water dronkyn yn wynter slekyns þe naturell hete. 1570 Levins Manip. 61/35 To Sleken, extinguere. 1876 Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘I ha'n't slecken'd mysel yet,’ my thirst is not yet abated. |