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slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, l. slician,
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sliccan

(v.)
Grammar
sliccan, (?)

to strike, slap

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to strike, slap Se ðe his wiel slicþ slieþ (?), slihþ (?) mid girde qui percusserit servum suum virga Ex. 21, 20. Gif men cídaþ and hira óðer his néxtan mid fýste slicþ (?), and hé dead ne biþ . . . hé biþ unscildig, ðe hine slóh 21, 18-19. Gif hwilc

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slic

(n.)
Grammar
slic, [c](?),es; n.

A hammer

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A hammer Sleánde slicc(slicc for slecg?) mallei percutientes Kent. Gl. 723, see the note Hé sceal habban . . . slic (in a list of weaver's implements; slíc (?) an implement for smoothing what is woven, a sleek-stone, cf. slykston amethon Wülck. Gl. 563

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sliccan

(v.)
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The passages here may be taken to sleán; I

slídan

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Add Hé spræc þýsne cwyde be þám wrǽnan and slídendan (slidenan, v. l., cf. slidor) men de luxurioso ac lubrico sententiam protulit, Gr. D. 323, 2. Add Sliden lapsum, An. Ox. 1467

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, to slive.
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Add: [v. N. E. D. siive]

slincan

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Add Seó nǽdre ongan slincan in ꝥ scræf coepit serpens in speluncam venire, Gr. D. 211, 16

slítan

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add: of a sharp instrument Wiþ þám niþeran tóþece slít mid þéfoþorne(?) oþ þæt hié bléden, Lch. ii. 52, 7. Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, . . . þá slítendan cláwa, Hml. S. 8, 189. Add Hé ongienð slítan (lacessere) his inngeðonc, Past. 227, 11

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, sléfan; p. de

To slip or put a garment on a person to dress carelesslyA garment rumpled up about any part of the persona snore slop worn by bankers or navigators

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To slip or put a garment on a person Hé hine sylfne ungyrede, and ðæt reáf ðe hé on hine hæfde hé sléfde on ðone foresprecenan man . . . Sóna swá hé mid ðan hrægle swá miccles weres gegyred wæs Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 18.

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slídan

(v.)
Grammar
slídan, p. slád; pp. sliden

To slide, slip, fall to slide, glideto make a mistake, to fail, errto fall into an unhappy conditionto pass away, be transitory or perishable

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To slide, slip, fall. of actual movement to slide, glide Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slídan Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 16. fig. to make a mistake, to fail, err Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (makes many a slip)Salm.

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slincan

(v.)
Grammar
slincan, p. slanc, pl. sluncon.

to crawl to slink away repere, reptare

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to crawl Eodon ða wyrmas and scluncon wundorlíce; wǽron him ða breóst up gewende Nar. 14, 8. Slincendes reptantis Hymn. Surt. 28, 17. Hé gescóp eall wyrmcynn and creópende and fleógende and swymmende and slincgende Anglia viii. 310, 17. fig. to slink

slípan

(v.)
Grammar
slípan, slépan; p. te

To slip, put something on or off.to take away the outside covering from anythingto strip off the skin or bark of anything to slip one's self from a bond induere

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To slip, put something on or off. Cf. slípe to take away the outside covering from anything, Halliwell's Dict. Slype to strip off the skin or bark of anything, Jamieson's Dict. Se hláford hefig gioc slépte on ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 55. Se cyning

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slítan

(v.)
Grammar
slítan, p. slát, pl. sliton; pp. sliten

To slit, tear, rendto tear a garment rendto tear, split, rend, cleave, divideto tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, to tear, bite irritateto tear to destroy, waste, consumeto carp at, back-biteto tear attero to tear, split to tear, break scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere to slit, tear, break

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To slit, tear, rend in the following glosses: Sclát carpebat Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 51. Bítende and slítende mordax 57, 52. Slítende mordens Kent. Gl. 580: corrumpens Hpt. Gl. 454, 68. Ic beó sliten carpor Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 40. Wǽran slitene carpebantur

slípan

(v.)
Grammar
slípan, (?); p. sláp, pl. slipon

he slips offto move freely, as any weighty body which is dragged through a mire labi

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To slip, glide

slícian

(v.)
Grammar
slícian, p. ode

To make sleek, smooth, or glossy

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To make sleek, smooth, or glossy Heó glytenode swá scýnende sunne oððe nígslýcod hrægel Shrn. 149, 8. [v. Prompt. Parv. 458, note 2, where 'to sleek clothes' is quoted from Kenneth, and a passage from Walter de Bibelesworth is given (v. also Wrt. Voc

Linked entries: slic slíc slýcod

slífan

(v.)
Grammar
slífan, p. sláf; pp. slifen

To slive findo, effisso avulsio, abscissioslice

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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.)

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slic

(adj.)
Grammar
slic, slicc.
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In l. 3 for slíc l. slic

sliten

Grammar
sliten, Dele. 'Lye . . . Josc(?),' and add: v. tó-slítere: <b>slítend.</b>

slihtan

(v.)
Grammar
slihtan, p. te

To smite, slay caedens mactare

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To smite, slay Gif ðú fallas ł slæhtas cadens (translator seems to have read caedens in the second case) Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 9

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sliten

(adj.)

schismatic, heretic

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schismatic, heretic Slitenum haereticis Mt. Kmbl. p. 10, 9. Lye gives sliterum (slitenum ?) sagum haereticis fabulis, Josc. (?)