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Old English Dictionary Entry

Slúpan

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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.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛚᚢᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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