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tó-glídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden
To glide in different directions, glide away.
of a fluid
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  • Synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, swá lagu tóglídæþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2536 ; El. 1269.
of smoke, cloud, or the like,
to be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass away
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  • Ða gedwinon his drýcræftas, swá swá rec ðonne hé tóglídeþ, oððe weax ðonne hit for fýre gemelteþ. Shrn. 135, 3.
  • Hit biþ gelíc réna scúrum, ðonne hí of heofonum swýðost dreósaþ and eft raðe eall tóglídaþ,

      Wulfst. 149, 7 : 264, 2.
  • Ðæt wolcn tóglád,

      Homl. Th. ii. 242, II : Chr. 979 ; Erl. 128, 7.
  • Nihthelm tóglád, lungre leórde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 246 ; An. 123 : Elen. Kmbl. 156; El. 78.
  • II a. metaph. of pain, care, or the like

    Sele drincan, sóna ðæt sár tðglít. Lchdm. ii. 356, 21.

  • Ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde. Exon. Th. 345,

      3; Gn. Ex. 182.
  • Hyge wearð mongum blissad, sáwlum sorge tóglidene,

      71, 31; Cri. 1164.
to fall to pieces, collapse
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  • Grundweal gearone, se tó-glídan ne þearf, ðeáh hit wecge wind. Met. 7, 34.
to slip away
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  • Ðeáh ðe ðás cáseras him háton gewyrcean heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, ðeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlþ ; ðonne biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, and ða gymmas tóglidene (

    the gems have slipped from their setting

    s),
      Wulfst. 148, 18-24: 263, 8.
  • Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás

    the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell.

      Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487.
  • [Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide,
      Misc. 94, 43.
  • O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought
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