- á-sláttr
- m. an attack; á. djöfuls, Hom. 68; mod. a feeler, a vague proposition.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
á-sláttr
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slaughter — slaughterer, n. slaughteringly, adv. /slaw teuhr/, n. 1. the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., esp. for food. 2. the brutal or violent killing of a person. 3. the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage … Universalium
slaughter — {{11}}slaughter (n.) c.1300, killing of a cattle or sheep for food, killing of a person, from O.N. *slahtr, akin to slatr a butchering, butcher meat, slatra to slaughter, and slattr a mowing; related to sla to strike (see SLAY (Cf. slay)), from P … Etymology dictionary
slaughter — slaugh•ter [[t]ˈslɔ tər[/t]] n. 1) the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., esp. for food 2) a brutal or violent killing, esp. the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage 3) to kill or butcher (animals),… … From formal English to slang
slaughter — [slôt′ər] n. [ME slahter < ON slātr, lit., slain flesh, contr. < slattr, akin to OE sleaht, slaughter, death: for IE base see SLAY] 1. the killing of an animal or animals for food; butchering 2. the killing of a human being, esp. in a… … English World dictionary
