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Sch ; from slûr-affe (sluder-affe), ‘luxurious, thoughtless idler, sluggard,’ recorded in the 14th, and certainly of not much earlier date; the latter term is from  slûr, ‘sluggishness, lazy person,’ see ,. The first detailed description of, of which the earliest mention is made in the 15th , was given in a farce by Hans Sachs in 1530 A.D.  ,, ‘sly, crafty, cunning,’ early only, formed from  slû;   sluw, ‘sly’; akin also probably to  slœ́gr,  sleigh,  sly, which, as  , ‘cunning,’ indicates, is perhaps connected with the root slah, ‘to strike.’ It is uncertain how far these terms are due to earlier loan-words, and whether  slœ́gr is the ultimate source of them all.  ,, ‘leather bag, bottle, or pipe, funnel,’ from slûch, , ‘skin, slough (of a snake), leather bag, pipe’; corresponding to  slough,   slug. slûch, ‘gullet, throat; gulf, abyss,’ is a different word; late slûch,, ‘yawning chasm’ (allied to ). , as well as vorâgo, ‘abyss,’ allied to vorare, ‘to swallow up,’ shows a similar evolution in meaning;   faux, ‘gullet, throat, abyss.’   ,, ‘glutton,’ only, connected with the cognates of.  ,, ‘bad, base, mean,’ from slëht, , ‘honest, straight, smooth, simple, clear, correct,’  slëht, ‘straight, even, honest, simple, gentle, friendly’; corresponding to  slaíhts, ‘even, straight,’  sléttr, ‘straight, even, smooth, gentle,’  sliacht, ‘honest, simple’;  slecht, ‘honest, bad.’  and  slight, since the  word is not recorded, is probably a  loan-word. The meanings are evolved from ‘straight, even, simple’ (see and ), and has led in  to a peculiar development in malam partem. The origin of the common  (or to-?) *slehta- is obscure; it cannot, on account of its form and meaning, be connected with ;  ὀλίγος, ‘trifling,’ does not suit the earlier meaning, ‘straight, even, simple.’ ,, ‘to lick, lap, be dainty,’ from late slëcken, ‘to eat dainties by stealth’; allied to  slëc, , ‘daintiness, dainty mouth,’ and havenslëcke, ‘glutton’;  *slëcchôn, ‘to be fond of  dainties,’ is wanting, as well as a corresponding term in any of the other. Not allied to, but an intensive form of slikja, ‘to lick,’ which implies a  root slī̆k, sloiq.  ,, ‘mallet, sledge-hammer, drumstick,’ from slęgel,  slęgil, , ‘implement for beating, club, flail, hammer’; from the root slah, ‘to strike.’   sledge,  slęcǧe, , ‘hammer,’ from the same root.   ,, ‘sloe,’ from the  slêhe,  slêha, ; a common  term;   slee,  slâ, slâhaœ, ,  sloe,  slån,  slaaen, ‘sloe’;  *slaihô, or rather *slaihwô, are by chance not recorded. The cognates are usually connected with slee, ‘blunt’;   slêo,  slêo ( sleeuw, ‘bitter, harsh’),  slâw ( slow),  sljór, slœ́r, ‘blunt,’ hence the  meaning of  is perhaps ‘the fruit that makes the teeth blunt.’ Yet the latter terms imply  *slaiwa-, and the former  *slaihô (*slaihwô), the explanation is dubious. So too, for the same reason, is the comparison with sliva ( slýwas), ‘plum,’ for which we should expect a Goth *sláiwô (though  slâ points to *sláihô).  ,, ‘to creep, crawl, slink,’ from slîchen,  slîhhan, ‘to walk with a light sliding motion, creep’; ‘akin to  slī̆ch, , ‘slime, mud,’  slik, slijk, ‘slime, mud,’  slîken, ‘to creep,’ with which  sleek and slick are connected; in the other languages the  root slī̆k (pre- slī̆g) rarely occurs. — To this is allied  in, , ‘blind-worm,’ blintslîche,  blintslîcho,. See.  ,, ‘tench,’ from the  slîe,  slîo, ; corresponding to  slîw, , ‘tench’;  *sleiws, , or rather *sleiwa, , is wanting. Perhaps the fish was so named from its slimy scales, so that may be allied.   ,, ‘veil, pretence,’ from sleier, earlier variants sloier, slogier, , ‘kerchief, veil’ (the  term floier is curious);   sluijer,  sleir. sloier, first recorded in the 13th, is certainly a borrowed term; the assumption that it was introduced by the Crusaders from the East leads to no definite result. Perhaps it is connected with sról, ‘silk.’   ,, ‘slide; slip-knot, bow of<section end="Schleife" />