Obs. [OE. asolcennesse, f. asolcen idle, pa. pple. of ascolcan, ‘torpescere’ + -NESS.] Sloth, laziness.
c. 1000. Wulfstan, Addr. Eng. (Sweet, Reader, 111). Þurh bisceopa asolcennesse.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 83. Forwunded, mid spere of prude … mid onde, mid aswolknesse.
