slete

Dutch

Verb

slete

(dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of slijten

Anagrams

leest, sleet, steel, stele

Middle English

Alternative forms

sleet, slet, sleth, slethe

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *slēte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ, of unclear origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsleːt(ə)/

Noun

slete (uncountable)

sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

Descendants

English: sleet

References

“slẹ̄t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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