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Old English · verb

ætslidan

Normalised ætslīdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ætˈsliː.dɑn/
Syllables
æt · ˈsliː · dɑn (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to slip, fall, slip away, slide away

    Eft æt sumum sæle ætslād sē hālga wer on ðām hēalīcum gradum æt þām hālgum wēofode, swā þæt hē fornēan eal wearð tōcwȳsed; ac on þǣre nihte hine ġelācnode God, ðurh his hālgan enġel, tō ansundre hǣle.

    Also, at a certain hall, the holy man slipped on the high steps at the holy altar, so that almost his whole body became bruised; but in the night, God restored him to full health through his holy angel.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of ætslidan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ætslīdeætslād
2nd singular ætslītstætslide
3rd singular ætslīttætslītætslād
Plural ætslīdaþætslidon
Subjunctive
Singular ætslīdeætslide
Plural ætslīdenætsliden
Non-finite forms of ætslidan
Form
Infinitive ætslīdan
Inflected infinitive ætslīdenne
Imperative singular ætslīd
Imperative plural ætslīdaþ
Present participle ætslīdende
Past participle ætsliden

All forms (14)

Etymology

By surface analysis, æt- + slīdan

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