Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English past participle of slay.

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Examples

  • Laat ons nou hulde bring aan die slawe wat vir geslagte lank sonder dank hier moes arbei; aan die plaaswerkers wie se regte deur apartheid ontneem is; en aan diegene wat vir hulle swoeg en sweet tot die dop-stelsel verdoem is.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Com, as him thoughte, and seide, ‘I am now slawe; 79

    The Nun's Priest's Tale. Lines 1-200 1909

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