wælsliht

• wælsleaht

From wæl (“slaughter”) +‎ sliht (“killing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwælˌslixt/, [ˈwælˌsliçt]

wælsliht m

1. (poetic) slaughter in battle, slaughter, carnage
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Swā cwæð eardstapa, ·  earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
     wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:

     So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
     of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:

Strong i-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wælsliht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.