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to pass from one place to another by a smooth and continuous movement.
of motion on or through a liquid
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  • Hornfisc glád geond gársecg,

      An. 371.
of motion through the air
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  • Þonne glád þæt deófol út mid his leásunge swá swá smýc æt his eágdura,

      Shrn. 52, 32.
  • (2 a) of the motion of the heavenly bodies

    Se steorra cymeð eástan úp ǽrror sunnan, and eft æfter sunnan on setl glídeð,

      Met. 29, 27.

  • Se steorra glád him beforan (cf. se steorra him beforan férde

    stella antecedebat eos,

      Mt. 2, 9), Hml. Th. i. 78, 23.

  • On ðám earde ðe se tungel ofer glád,

      106, 28.

  • Hwonne úp cyme eástan glídan swegles leóma,

      Ph. 102.
to pass from one state to another, slip, fall
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  • Oft ðæt hefige mód glít niðor and niðor stæpmǽlum, oð hit mid ealle áfielð,

      Past. 279, 2.
of movement along a surface
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  • Þonne hié mon slóg oþþe sceát, þonne glád hit on þǽm scillum, swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 7.

  • His sceadu gehǽlde ealle þá untruman þe heó ofer glád,

      Hml. S. 10, 20.

  • Besweþe ꝥ hió áweg ne glíde,

      Lch. ii. 250, 19.
to pass away
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  • Þæt þá sáule wunde . . . glídan móte,

      Ps. C. 145.
of revolution
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  • Is efneáðe úp and ofdúne tó feallanne foldan þisse, þám anlícost þe on ǽge bið gioleca on middan, glídeð hwæðre ǽg ymbútan,

      Met. 20, 170.
Etymology
[O. Frs. glída: O. Sax. glídan: O. H. Ger. glítan.]
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v. æt-glídan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “glídan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50943.

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