Slífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Slífan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Jamieson's Dict.] v. tó-slífan. slifan

Definitions

1 slífan

p. sláf; pp. slifen 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. ) [Slyvyn a-sundyr findo, effisso. Cf. also slyvynge, cuttynge a-wey avulsio, abscissio; slyvynge of a tre or oþer lyke físsula. He al hool or of hym slyvere (a slice, cutting), Chauc. T. and C. iii. 138. Sliver = slice still used in Scotland,

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ᛋᛚᛁᚠᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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