Slain vs Slane - What's the difference?
slain | slane |
(with "the") Those who have been killed.
* 1906 , Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung , page 41:
(Ireland) a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft
:* 1997': Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘'''Slanes ’. — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
As nouns the difference between slain and slane
is that slain is with "the" Those who have been killed while slane is a spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.As a verb slain
is past participle of lang=en.slain
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en-plural noun)- While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain , they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.