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Old English · verb

slitan

Normalised slītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/ˈsliː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈsliː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
slitsliterendtear

Meaning

  1. to tear, rend

    wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden, caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun. Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt

    then it beats near cliffs. My feet were squeezed by cold, bound by frost, with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,

    þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen

Conjugation

Conjugation of slitan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular slīteslāt
2nd singular slītstslite
3rd singular slītslāt
Plural slītaþsliton
Subjunctive
Singular slīteslite
Plural slītensliten
Non-finite forms of slitan
Form
Infinitive slītan
Inflected infinitive slītenne
Imperative singular slīt
Imperative plural slītaþ
Present participle slītende
Past participle slitenġesliten

All forms (13)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slītan.

Descendants

slit, slite

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