slokna

slokna: (að), v. to expire, go out (eldr, ljós, log sloknar).

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að, [Dan. slukkes; N. Lancashire slocken; Engl. slake], to be extinguished; brennr … sloknar, Hm. 50; ljós (log, ekir) sloknar, Rb. 352, Fms. iv. 28, xi. 35, Fb. ii. 8, 129, Gísl. 29, Gullþ. 50; sloknar hann aldregi hvárki af vindi né vætum, Stj. 86; gaus upp stundum eldrinn en stundum sloknaði niðr, Nj. 204: part., þá er sloknaðr var eldrinn, Edda (pref.)

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(s)leu- — (s)leu English meaning: loosely hanging, loose, feeble Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlaff herabhängend, schlaff” Note: esp. with extensions; out of Gmc. only barely provable, in this but very reich entfaltet Material: Unerweitert… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
slocken — ˈsläkən transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English slockenen, slokenen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slokna to extinguish, exhaust, loka to let hang loosely; akin to Low German slokeren to hang loosely, Middle Low German … Useful english dictionary
slock — I. ˈsläk transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English sloken, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slokinn extinguished, slokna to extinguish dialect Britain : quench, drench II. noun ( … Useful english dictionary
slock|en — «SLOK uhn», transitive verb. Scottish. to quench. Also, sloken. ╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic slokna < slökkva go out, be slack)] … Useful english dictionary

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