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slay

What is the past tense of slay?

The past tense of slay is slew, and the past participle is slain.

Slay is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of slay

as a verb

base
slay
past tense
slew
past participle
slain
present participle
slaying
third-person singular
slays