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slincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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slincan, p. lt;/i> slanc, pl. sluncon.
Wright's OE grammar
§498;
to crawl
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  • Eodon ða wyrmas and scluncon wundorlíce; wǽron him ða breóst up gewende,

      Nar. 14, 8.
  • Slincendes

    reptantis,

      Hymn. Surt. 28, 17.
  • Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende

      Anglia viii. 310, 17.
fig.
to slink away
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  • Se earma flýhþ uncræftiga slǽp slincan on hinder,

      Dóm. L. 240.
Cf.
O. H. Ger. slíhhan repere, reptare.
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  • slincan, v.