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† slithe, v. Obs.
Also 5 slythe; pa. tense slathe.
[app. an alteration of slide v., on the analogy of slither v. or under Scand. influence.]
intr. To slip, slide. Hence † ˈslithing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
a1300E.E. Psalter lv. 13 Mi saule dede toke þou fra, Mi fete fra sliþinge als-swa. Ibid. cxiv. 8 He toke..Mi fete fra slithing þer i ga. c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 17 Than sithen be slithing gudes the werld wold vs betrayse. Ibid. 46 A stone with out mans hande was kytte And in the feet of the ymage or mawmet doun slathe itte. c1460Towneley Myst. xiii. 122 It is euer in drede and brekyll as glas, And slythys. |