2006-06-07 10:40:22 · 8 answers · asked by margaret p 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Main Entry: 1sleep
Pronunciation: 'slEp
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English slepe, from Old English sl[AE]p; akin to Old High German slAf sleep and perhaps to Latin labi to slip, slide
1 : the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored
2 : a state resembling sleep: as a : a state of torpid inactivity b : DEATH
3 a : a period spent sleeping b : NIGHT c : a day's journey
- sleep·like /-"lIk/ adjective
2006-06-07 10:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by Selkie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term "sleep" is first found in the Laws of King Alfred, c.900 CE
The following phrase will be difficult to read because it is in old English, but you should be able to reconize the word "sleep" at the end:
"Gif hwa fæmnan beswice unbeweddode, and hire mid slæpe ..."
2006-06-07 17:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by Seikilos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google it! go to www.google.com
and type in source of the word "sleep"
2006-06-07 17:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to ask jeeves.com and ask them they will pull up articles about sleep and such and pick & choose from that.
2006-06-07 17:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Tammy C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikapedia :)
2006-06-07 17:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dictionary.com should have an entomology
2006-06-07 17:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
webster's dictionary or maybe wikipedia
2006-06-07 17:42:24 · answer #7 · answered by canary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dictionary.com.
2006-06-07 17:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by broly_8642 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋