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slífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
slífan, p. sláf; pp. slifen
To slive ('Slive to cut, slip, or slicc off. . . Palsgrave, " I slyve a gylowfloure or any other floure from his branche or stalke. "' Baker, Northants Gloss. )
Etymology
[Slyvyn a-sundyr findo, effisso. Cf. also slyvynge, cuttynge a-wey avulsio, abscissio; slyvynge of a tre or oþer lyke físsula. He al hool or of hym slyvere (a slice, cutting),
    Chauc. T. and C. iii. 138. Sliver = slice
]
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v. tó-slífan.
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v.  sléfan.
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