slæwþ

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slāw +‎ -þ. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæːwθ/

Noun

slǣwþ f

1. sloth; laziness

Inflection

Declension of slæwþ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	slǣwþ	slǣwþa, slǣwþe
accusative	slǣwþe	slǣwþa, slǣwþe
genitive	slǣwþe	slǣwþa
dative	slǣwþe	slǣwþum

Descendants

• Middle English: slouthe, slewthe
  • English: sloth
  • Scots: sleuth

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “slǽwþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.