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slipor

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slipor, adj.
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily
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  • Deófol næddre ys slipor ðæs gif heáfde ná byþ wiðstanden eall on innemystum heortan ðænne ná byþ ongyten byþ ásliden

    diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum non sentitur, inlabitur,

      Scint. 210, 9.
slipping easily, easily moved
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  • Ym-hídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ; þwyrlice þing ðe heora hláfordas dóþ geswencte fram carum, and slipere þurh unstæððig-nysse,

      Homl. Th. ii. 92, 16.
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  • Fúl ne sý oððe slipor

    nec feda sit nec lubrica.

      Hymn. Surt. 5, 9.

  • Ǽlc þing slipores ł fúles

    omne lubricum,

      30, 9.

  • Bedǽled andgite sliporum ł fúlum

    excita sensu lubrico,

      3, 17.

  • Gilt sliporne ł fúlne

    culpam lubricant,

      15, 38.

  • Ne tunge leás ne eágan syngian slipere ne lingua mendax occulive peccent lubrici,

      24, 27.

  • Sliper

    lubricum,

      Ps. 34, 6.
Nares gives several instances of slipper in sixteenth century, and Shskspere uses the form: A slipper and a subtle knave, Oth. ii. 1.
O. H. Ger. slefar, Grff. vi. 506
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M. H. Ger. slepfer
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Cf. slifor ; slǽpe, slípan (?).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slipor.” 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/28028.

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