ppl. a. Also 3–4 asleped, -id. [Exact formation uncertain; perh. for onsleped, OE. onslǽped, pa. pple. of onslǽpan to sleep on, fall asleep. Cf. also ahungered, athirst.] Overcome with sleep.
a. 1300. Floriz & Bl., 582. Heo is asleped suiþe.
1382. Wyclif, Habb. ii. 16. Drynke thou and be aslept. Ibid. (1388), Judith xiii. 4. Holofernes lai in the bed, aslepid with ful myche drunkenesse.
