wælsliht

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Old English

Alternative forms

wælsleaht

Etymology

From wæl (“slaughter”) +‎ sliht (“killing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwælˌslixt/,

Noun

wælsliht m

(poetic) slaughter in battle, slaughter, carnage
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
  wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:
  So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
  of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wælsliht	wælslihtas
accusative	wælsliht	wælslihtas
genitive	wælslihtes	wælslihta
dative	wælslihte	wælslihtum

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wælsliht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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