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slídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §299; §306; §490;
To slide, slip, fall.
of actual movement
to slide, glide
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  • Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slidan,

    • Guthl. 5
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 30, 16
    • .
fig.
to make a mistake, to fail, err
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  • Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (

    makes many a slip

    • Salm. Kmbl. 758
    • ;
    • Sal. 378
    • .
to fall into an unhappy condition
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  • Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte,

    • Wulfst. 187, 16
    • .
to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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  • Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes wuldor nafaþ nǽnigne ende,

    • Shrn. 119, 23
    • .
  • Fleóg ðtú wesan ealdor slídendes plegan

    (labentis ludi),

    • Lchdm. i. Iviii, 2
    • .
  • Þer on geð him one in one sliddrie weie, he slit & falleþ sone ; and ter monie goð togederes, . . . gif eni uoð on uorte sliden, be oðer breideð hine up er þen he allunge ualle,

    • A. R. 252, 10-12
    • .
  • Mony folk slod to helle

      H. R. 136 157
  • Huanne þe on uot slyt, þe oþer him helpþ.

      Ayenb. 149, 2.
Etymology
M. H. Ger. s'líten
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Similar entries
v. á-, æt-slídan; útásliden.
Linked entries
v.  sliden.
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