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slidorian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
slidorian, slidrian; p. ede
To slither (in various dialects; Dryden uses sliddering), to slide, slip
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  • Ðonne hié on monigfealdum wordum slidrigaþ

    dum per multiplicia verba dilabuntur

    • Past. 38, 6
    • ;
    • Swt. 277, 5.
  • Míne fét ne slideredon

    non sunt infirmata vestigia mea

    • Ps. Th. 17, 35.
  • Gif hy geseón ðæt míne fét slidrien

    dum commoverentur pedes mei

    • 37, 16.
Etymology
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Prompt. Parv. slyderyn labo vel labor
:
0. Du. slideren
A. R. 252, 14. Cf. Vondunge is sliddrunge
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