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Slain vs Slayn - What's the difference?

slain | slayn |

As verbs the difference between slain and slayn

is that slain is past participle of lang=en while slayn is obsolete spelling of slain, Past tense of slay.

As a noun slain

is with "the" Those who have been killed.

slain

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (with "the") Those who have been killed.
  • * 1906 , Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung , page 41:
    • 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.

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    slayn

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • , (slay)
  • * 1673 ,
    • Forget not: in thy book record their groanes
    Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold
    Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd
    Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans