1 slúpan
p. sleáp; pl. slupon; pp. slopen To slip, glide :-- Sóna swá us seó sáwl of ðam líchaman slýpþ simul atque anima de corpore se sub-duxerit, L. Ecg. P. iTh. ii. 226, 23. Gársecg wédde on sleáp (of the Red Sea coming upon the Egyptians], Cd. Th. 208, 28; Exod. 490. Hwílurn ic wǽgfatu wide tóþringe . . . hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive apart the clouds, sometimes make them again glide together, Exon. Th. 385, 3; Rä. 4, 39. [Goth. Thaiei sliupand in gardins they which creep into houses, 2 Tim. 3, 6. O. H. Ger. slinfan to slip, creep.]