aslepe
Middle English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Adverb edit
aslepe
Descendants edit
References edit
- “aslēpe, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
aslepe
- from sleep
References edit
- “aslēpe, adv.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English aslepe.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
aslepe
- asleep
- 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 108:
- Hea shet his heade in a bushe, an vele aslepe.
- He thrust his head in a bush, and fell asleep.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23