Old English Dictionary Entry

GLÍDAN

Part of speech: he glídeþ, glít;

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1 GLÍDAN

p. glád, pl. glidon; pp. gliden To GLIDE, slip, slide; labi :-- Sunne gewát to sete glídan the sun went gliding to its setting, Andr. Kmbl. 2610; An. 1306: 2498; An. 1250: Exon. 57 a; Th. 204, 24; Ph. 102: Ps. C. 50, 145; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 145. Ðeós bát glídeþ on geofene this boat glideth over the ocean, Andr. Kmbl. 995; An. 498: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 340; Met. 20, 170: 29, 54; Met. 29, 27. Seó sunne glít abútan the sun glides round it, Lchdm. iii. 258, 6. Heofenes gim glád ofer grundas heaven's gem had glided over the earth, Beo. Th. 4152; B. 2073: Homl. Th. i. 78, 23: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 15; Reim. 13: Andr. Kmbl. 741; An. 371: Chr. 937; hrl. 112, 15; Æðelst. 15: Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 84, 37. Ðá git glidon ofer gársecg when ye glided over the ocean, Beo. Th. 1034; B. 515. DER. a-glídan, be-, bi-, ge-, óþ-, to-. glidan

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ᚷᛚᛁᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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