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slítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten.
Wright's OE grammar
§490;
To slit, tear, rend.
in the following glosses
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  • Sclát

    carpebat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 51.

  • Bítende and slítende

    mordax,

      57, 52.

  • Slítende mordens,

    corrumpens,

    • Kent. Gl. 580
      • ;
    • Hpt. Gl. 454, 68
      • .

  • Ic beó sliten

    carpor,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 40.

  • Wǽran slitene

    carpebantur,

      22, 22.
to tear a garment, rend
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  • Ðæra sacerda ealdor slát(scidit) hys ágyn reáf

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 65.

  • Ne slíte wé hý

    non scindamus eam,

      Jn. Skt. 19, 24.

  • Se heáhsacerd his reáf slítende.

      Mk. Skt. 14, 63.
to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide
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  • Hé slát sǽ

    interrupit mare,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 16.

  • Hé slát stán

    interrupit petram,

      77, 18.
to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, etc.
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v. slite
slítung
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  • Fótum ic fére, foldan slíte,

    • Exon. Th. 393, 17
      • ;
    • Rü 13, 1
      • .

  • Hrefn hine slíteþ,

    • 329, 20
      • ;
    • Vy. 37
      • .

  • Hine se wulf slíteþ,

    • 342, 27
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 148
      • .

  • Hé the evil spirit bítes and slítes hine

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 18.

  • Heora heortan wyrmas ceorf-aþ and slítaþ

    • Dóm. L. 12, 168
      • ;
    • 14, 210
      • ;
    • Exon. 497, 5
      • ;
    • Ra. 85, 24
      • .

  • Hé (Grendel) slǽpendne rinc slát.

    • Beo. Th. 1487
      • ;
    • B. 741.

  • Ða wyrmas mid ðæm scillum gelíce mid ðé múþe eorþan sliton and tǽron

    oribus scamisque humum atterentes,

      Nar. 14, 12.

  • Gif hund slíte

      Lchdm. ii. 92, 10.

  • Hié (lions and bears) noldon slítan hý (St. Tecla)

      Shrn. 133, 10.

  • Gesáwon fuglas slítan

    • Cd. Th. 126, 1
      • ,
    • Gen. 2088

  • , Ðé sculon moldwyrmas slítan

    • Soul Kmbl. 145
      • ;
    • Seel. 73.

  • Hió (the lioness)onginþ racentan slítan (cf. brecan)

    • Bt. 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 13
      • ,
    • Met. 13, 29
      • .

  • Se unclǽna gást hine slitende(discerpens).

      Mk. Skt. 1. 26.

  • Slítende wulfas

    ravening wolves.

      Blickl. Homl. 63, 10.

  • Slítendum ł terendum tóþreómum

    rabidis (voracious) gingivis.

      Hpt. Gl. 423, 42.
fig. applied to inanimate subjects
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  • Hungor innan slát merewérges mód,

    • Exon. Th. 306, 22
      • ;
    • Seef., 11.

  • Hí beóþ mec slítende (

    of the waves tearing at an anchor,

    • 398, 11
      • ;
    • Ra. 17, 6
to tear, bite (of pungent things, cf. slitol)irritate (of physical or mental irritation)
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  • Slíto (suto, Wrt. , cf. slítung)

    lacesso,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 29.

  • Slíteþ

    lacessat,

      95, 32.

  • Ðæt wín slít ða wunda

    per vinum mordentur vulnera,

    • Past. 17, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 125, 9.

  • Sliten oððe gremeden

    lacessant.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 54.

  • Of yfelre wǽtan slítendre

      Lchdm. ii. 4, 30.

  • Of yfelum wǽtan slítendum and sceorfendum,

      60, 21.
to tear (fig. ), to destroy, waste, consume
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v. slítendlíc, slítere, slítness
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  • Nán cræft nis Gode deórwyrðra ðonne sió lufu ne eft ðæm deófle nan cræft leóítǽlra ðonne hié mon slíte

    nihil pretiosius est Deo virtute dilectionis, nil est desiderabilius diabolo extinctione caritatis,

    • Past. 47, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 359, 24.

  • Tó slítenne (breccanne, Rush.)

    ae solvere legem.

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 17.
to carp at, back-bite,
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v. bæc-slitol
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  • Æt ǽrestum lyst ðone monn nnnyt sprecan be óðrum monnum & ðonne æfter firste hine lyst tǽlan and slítan ðara líf bútan scylde

    ut prius loqui aliena libeat, postmodnm detractionibus eorum vitam mordeat,

    • Past. 38, 7
    • j Swt. 279, 7.
to tear (intrans.)
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  • Godwebba cyst(the veil of the temple) eall forbærst . . . ðæs temples segl . . , sylf slát on tú, swylce hit seaxes ecg þurhwóde

    • Exon. Th. 70, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 1141.
[
Prompt. Paru. slytyh attero
;
O. Sax. slítan to tear, split
;
O. Frs. slíta to tear, break
:
O. H. Ger. slízan scin-dere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere
;
Icel. slíta to slit, tear, break.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, for-, ge-, of-, tó-slítan ; wæl-slítende, sliten, un-sliten.
Linked entries
v.  slite sliten slítend-líc slítere slítness slitol slítung suto be-slítan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slítan.” 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/28033.

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