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times, and perhaps still earlier, for ‘to slide (on ice).’ —

Schlittschuh, m., ‘skate,’ ModHG. only in its present sense, for earlier ModHG. Schrittschuh. Comp. MidHG. schriteschuoch, n., ‘league-boot, shoe for flying.’

Schlitz, m., ‘slit, gash,’ from MidHG. sliz (gen. slitzes), OHG. sliz, sliȥ, m., ‘cleaving, breach’ (comp. E. slit); allied to schleißen. —

schlitzen, vb., ‘to slit, gash, cleave,’ from the equiv. MidHG. slitzen, intensive of schleißen.

schlohweiß, adj., see Schloße.

Schloß, n., ‘lock, clasp; castle, palace,’ from MidHG. slō̆ȥ, n., ‘bolt, band, lock, fetter, castle, citadel,’ OHG. slŏȥ, n., ‘lock, bolt’; corresponding to Northern E. slot, sloat, ‘bolt, crossbar’; allied to schließen.

Schloße, f., ‘hail, hailstone, sleet,’ from the equiv. MidHG. slôȥe, f., slôȥ (m. and n.?); OHG. *slôȥa is wanting; comp. Du. slote (OSax. *slôta), AS. *slŷt, *slête, E. sleet (Goth. *slauti- is wanting). The origin of the cognates is obscure; it is scarcely derived from the root slū̆t, ‘to lock,’ as if hail were regarded as ‘that which is bound together compared with the soft snowflakes and the streaming rain.’ —

schloßweiß, or, by a curious corruption, schlohweiß, lit. ‘white as hail’ (MidHG. wîzer dan ein slôȥ, ‘whiter than a hailstone,’ occurs once).

Schlot, m., ‘chimney, flue, channel,’ from MidHG. and OHG. slât, m., ‘chimney, fireside, mouth of an oven.’ A word peculiar to MidG.; of obscure origin.

schlottern, vb., ‘to shake, hang loose, dangle,’ from the equiv. MidHG. slottern, intensive of MidHG. sloten, ‘to quiver.’ Comp. Du. slodderen, ‘to shake’; of obscure origin.

Schlucht, f., ‘ravine, gorge,’ ModHG. only, formed from LG., for earlier ModHG. and HG. Schluft; for LG. cht, representing HG. ft, see sacht, beschwichtigen, and Nichte. MidHG. (rare) sluft, ‘ravine,’ belongs to the Teut. root slū̆p, ‘to' slip,’ discussed under Schleife.

schluchzen, vb. ‘to sob,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. sluckzen; prop. a frequentative of schlucken, which in MidHG. also means ‘to sob.’ See seufzen (OHG. *sluhhazzen, *slucchazzen, are wanting). —

schlucken, vb., ‘to gulp down, swallow,’ from MidHG. slucken, ‘to swallow, gulp down, sob’; OHG. *slucchôn may be inferred from sluccho, slûhho (hh as in schluchzen?), m. ‘gormandiser, glutton.’ Allied to MidHG. slûchen, ‘to swallow, gulp down,’ and

slûch, ‘gullet, throat; sot, glutton’ (comp. ModHG. Schlauchmaul). The Teut. root slū̆k, not allied to schlecken, originated in Aryan slū̆g, which has been identified in Gr. as λυγ (for σλυγ); comp. λυγγάνομαι, λύζω, ‘to have the hiccup, sob,’ λύγδην, ‘sobbingly,’ λύγξ (λυγγός), ‘violent sobbing, hiccup.’ In OIr. the root appears with initial s as slug, ‘to devour.’ Akin also to Schlauch.

Schluft, see Schlucht.

Schlummern, vb., ‘to slumber,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. (MidG.) slummeren, slumen; comp. Du. sluimeren; AS. slûmerian, E. to slumber, AS. slûma, Northern E. sloom, ‘to slumber.’ The root (Alem. šlûne, šlûre, ‘to slumber’) contained in these words appears in Goth. slawan (slawaida), ‘to be silent,’ in a curious divergent meaning, to which MidHG. slûr, m., ‘idling, idler’ (comp. Schlaraffe), is also allied. The prim. idea of the whole group is ‘to be quiet, inactive.’

Schlund, m., ‘gullet, throat, chasm,’ from MidHG. and OHG. slunt, m., ‘gullet, throat, neck, abyss’; allied to MidHG. slinden, ModHG. schlingen (2), but with the preservation of the old dental, which schlingen has changed into a guttural.

Schlupf, m., ‘slip, refuge, pass, defile,’ from MidHG. slupf, ‘noose, cord,’ allied to MidHG. slüpfen, MidHG. and OHG. slupfen, ModHG. schlüpfen, ‘to slip,’ which is an intensive of MidHG. sliefen, ‘to slide, slip,’ corresponding to Goth. sliupan, ‘to slip’; Lat. lûbricus seems to be primit. allied to it. —

schlüpfrig, adj. ‘slippery, unstable,’ from late MidHG. slupferic, ‘slippery,’ of which the variant slupfer occurs.

schlürfen, vb., ‘to sip, lap, drink,’ ModHG. only; probably, however, its non-occurrence in earlier HG. is only an accident (MidHG. *slürfen, OHG. *slurfen); according to the HG. permutation Du. slurpen, ‘to sip,’ is allied. The stem is not found elsewhere; its origin is obscure.

Schlüssel, m., ‘key,’ from the equiv. MidHG. slüȥȥel, OHG. sluȥȥil, m.; corresponding to OSax. slutil, Du. sleutel. This derivative of schließen (Goth. *slutila-) is wanting in E., OIc., and Goth.

Schluß, m., ‘end, conclusion,’ from the equiv. late MidHG. sluȥ, m., of which the variant sloȥ occurs in sloȥrede, ‘syllogism,’ sloȥstein, ‘keystone.’ Allied to schließen.

Schmach, f., ‘outrage, ignominy,’ from MidHG. (rare) smâch, smâhe, usually smœhe,