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slayn

slayn is the obsolete spelling of slain.

Meaning of slain

Noun

the slain pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Those who have been killed.
    • […]Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man ¶ May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, ¶ Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; ¶ Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, ¶ A bony heap, through ages to remain, ¶ Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast ¶ Unsepulchred...1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LXIII, page 36

Questions about slayn

What is slayn the obsolete spelling of?
Slayn is the obsolete spelling of slain.

Words near slayn in the dictionary

  1. slaying someone in the Spirit
  2. slayingly
  3. slayings
  4. Slaymaker
  5. Slaymakers
  6. slayn
  7. slayor
  8. slayors
  9. slays
  10. slays someone in the Spirit
  11. Slayton

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