Slídan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

slídan

p. slád; pp. sliden To slide, slip, fall. I. of actual movement, to slide, glide :-- Ðá cómon twegen deóflu tó him of ðære lyfte slidan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 16. II. fig. to make a mistake, to fail, err :-- Ðonne hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód, slideþ geneahhe (makes many a slip). Salm. Kmbl. 758; Sal. 378. III. to fall into an unhappy condition :-- Gif seó sáwl slídan sceal in ða écan wíte, Wulfst. 187, 16. IV. to pass away, be transitory or perishable :-- Ðeós mennisce tyddernes biþ swá slídende swá glæs, ðonne hit scínþ and ðonne tðbersteþ; ac Godes wuldor nafaþ nǽnigne ende, Shrn. 119, 23. Fleóg ðtú wesan ealdor slídendes plegan (labentis ludi), Lchdm. i. Iviii, 2. [Þer on geð him one in one sliddrie weie, he slit & falleþ sone ; and ter monie goð togederes, . . . gif eni uoð on uorte sliden, be oðer breideð hine up er þen he allunge ualle, A. R. 252, 10-12. Mony folk slod to helle, H. R. 136 157. Huanne þe on uot slyt, þe oþer him helpþ, Ayenb. 149, 2. M. H. Ger. s'líten.]

Mots connexes: á-, æt-slídan; útásliden. slidan