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==Etymology==
− It is probably from a Scandinavian source, compare dialectal Swedish slämma, to slam, bang, Norwegian slamre and Icelandic slæma,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps related to Old Norse slam(b)ra,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) and of imitative origin.^(Etymonline)
+ It is probably from a Scandinavian source, compare dialectal [[sv|slämma]], to slam, bang, [[no|slamre]] and [[is|slæma]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) perhaps related to Old Norse slam(b)ra,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) and of imitative origin.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==