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Middle English
Noun
slewth
- sloth; idleness
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 23, line 388:
Of the roote of thise sevene sinnes thanne is Pryde, the general rote of alle harmes; for of this rote springen certein braunches, as Ire, Envye, Accidie or Slewthe, Avarice or Coveitise (to commune understondinge), Glotonye, and Lecherye.- Of the root of these seven sins, then, is Pride, the general root of all harms; for of this root spring certain branches, as Anger, Envy, Accidia or Sloth, Avarice or Covetousness (to common understanding), Gluttony, and Lechery.
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