yslain

y·slain
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Canada, US, UK/ˌɪˈsleɪ̯n/Australia/ˌɪˈslæɪ̯n/New Zealand/ˌəˈslæɪ̯n/Scotland/ˌɪˈslen/

A form of slay — To kill; to murder.

OriginMiddle English yslayn →
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Meanings

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of slay

    But fame now flies, that of a forreine foe ¶ He is yſlaine, which is the ground of all our woe.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 464

Origin

  1. Middle Englishyslayn
  2. Middle Englishyslayn
  3. Englishyslain

Inherited from Middle English yslayn.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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