sleck
The English word “sleck” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
- To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
- To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.
Etymology
From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).
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