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tó-glídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-glídan, p. -glád; pp. -gliden
To glide in different directions, glide away.
of a fluid
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  • Synt geárdagas forð gewitene, lífwynne geliden, swá lagu tóglídæþ,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2536;
    • El. 1269.
of smoke, cloud, or the like, to be dissipated, dispersed, dispelled, to disappear, vanish, pass away
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  • Ða gedwinon his drýcræftas, swá swá rec ðonne hé tóglídeþ, oððe weax ðonne hit for fýre gemelteþ.

    • Shrn. 135, 3.

  • Hit biþ gelíc réna scúrum, ðonne hí of heofonum swýðost dreósaþ and eft raðe eall tóglídaþ,

    • Wulfst. 149, 7
      • :
    • 264, 2.

  • Ðæt wolcn tóglád,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 242, 11
      • :
    • Chr. 979;
    • Erl. 128, 7.

  • Nihthelm tóglád, lungre leórde,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 246;
    • An. 123
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 156;
    • El. 78.
metaph. of pain, care, or the like
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  • Sele drincan, sóna ðæt sár tóglít.

    • Lchdm. ii. 356, 21.

  • Ðenden him hyra torn tóglíde.

    • Exon. Th. 345, 3;
    • Gn. Ex. 182.

  • Hyge wearð mongum blissad, sáwlum sorge tóglidene,

    • 71, 31; Cri. 1164.
to fall to pieces, collapse
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  • Grundweal gearone, se tó-glídan ne þearf, ðeáh hit wecge wind.

    • Met. 7, 34.
to slip away
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  • Ðeáh ðe ðás cáseras him háton gewyrcean heora byrgene of marmanstáne and útan emfrætewian mid reádum golde, ðeáhhwæðere se deáð hit eal tódǽlþ ; ðonne biþ ðæt gold tósceacen, and ða gymmas tóglidene

    (the gems have slipped from their settings),

    • Wulfst. 148, 18-24
      • :
    • 263, 8.

  • Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás

    the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell.

    • Beo. Th. 4967;
    • B. 2487.

  • Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide,

    • Misc. 94, 43.
O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-glídan.” 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/30710.

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