Etymology

slocken

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Today it means: To put out, extinguish (a fire). Full definition →

Old Norse slokna
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromslokna
  2. English todayslocken

From Old Norse slokna (Swedish slockna).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.