slo

See also: SLO, sló, slö, slø, and šlo

Translingual

Symbol

slo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Slovak.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sla, sloo

Etymology

From Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔː/

Noun

slo (plural slos or slon)

1. sloe (blackthorn fruit)
2. (figuratively) Something of no worth.

Descendants

• English: sloe
• Scots: slae

References

• “slō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slo

1. simple past of slå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sluː/, /ʃɽuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sló.

Verb

slo

1. past tense of slå

Etymology 2

Uncertain, though there may be a relation to Latin lactes. Compare also Icelandic slóg.

Noun

slo n (definite singular sloet, indefinite plural slo, definite plural sloa)

1. offal of fish

Derived terms

• sløya, sløye (verb)

Etymology 3

From Old Norse slóð.

Noun

slo f (definite singular sloa, indefinite plural sloer, definite plural sloene)

1. a towpath

Etymology 4

Related to slim (“slime”).

Noun

slo f (definite singular sloa, indefinite plural sloer, definite plural sloene)

1. slowworm

   Synonyms: stålorm, sleve

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slo

1. imperative of sloe

References

• “slo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• los, sol