sløv
Danish
/sløːv/
adj
Definitions
- (of a blade) blunt, dull
- dull
- listless, sluggish, torpid, lethargic, apathetic
- drowsy
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sljór.
Origin
Old Norse
sljór
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forslow English
- overslow English
- sloth English
- slow English
- slow-burning English
- slow-paced English
- slowass English
- slowback English
- slowball English
- slowcoach English
- slowcore English
- slowen English
- sloweth English
- slowfooted English
- slowish English
- slowly English
- slown English
- slowness English
- slowpitch English
- slowplay English
- slowpoke English
- slowsome English
- slowth English
- superslow English
- ultraslow English
- slowen Dutch, Flemish
- slow French
- *slaiwaz Proto-Germanic
- slö Swedish
- slø Norwegian Nynorsk
- sløv Norwegian Nynorsk
- sløvne Norwegian Nynorsk
- slæwþ Old English
- slow Middle English
- sljóleikr Old Norse
- sljór Old Norse
- sljór Icelandic
- sljö Westrobothnian