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· Old English
slǣp
2 English words descend from Old English
slǣp
, most common first.
sleep
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
Slapton
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9320).