v. Obs. Forms: 3 asluppe (ü), 4 aslyppe. [f. A- pref. 1 + SLIP. Cf. OE. aslúpan; also MHG. entslüpfen, entsüpfen, Du. ontslippen.] To slip away, escape. (With dat. of person.)
[a. 1000. Cædmon’s Gen. (Grein), 2796. Lǽt ðé aslúpan sorʓe of breóstum.]
c. 1300. in Wright, Lyric P., x. 38. Thah he me slowe, ne myht i him asluppe.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., C. 218. Her sayl watz hem aslypped on-sydez.
