Slípan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Slípan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (P); Related words:

Definitions

1 slípan

p. sláp, pl. slipon To slip, glide. [He with feigned chere him slipeth (rimes with wipeth) he slips of, Gower ii. 347, 30. Slype to move freely, as any weighty body which is dragged through a mire, Jamieson's Dict. O. H. Ger. , slífan labi.] Cf. slipor, and see slúpan. slipan

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᛁᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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