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asleep (adj.)
c.1200,
aslepe
,
o slæpe
, from Old English
on slæpe
(see
sleep
). The parallel form
on sleep
continued until c.1550. Of limbs, from late 14c. Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c.
