wælsliht

Old English

Alternative forms

• wælsleaht

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwælˌslixt/, [ˈwælˌsliçt]

Noun

wælsliht m

1. (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

Declension of wælsliht (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wælsliht	wælslihtas
accusative	wælsliht	wælslihtas
genitive	wælslihtes	wælslihta
dative	wælslihte	wælslihtum

References

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