† slithev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To slip, slide.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide
slidderc897
slidea950
slitherc1200
slep?a1400
slithec1450
slivec1450
rutsel1481
slip1530
slipper1585
glibber1598
slur1617
glide1674
slather1809
scoot1838
sluther1854
slade1895
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 46 A stone with out mans hande was kytte And in the feet of the ymage or mawmet doun slathe itte.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 131 It is euer in drede And brekyll as glas, And slythys.
Derivatives
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > slipping or sliding
slithinga1300
slidingc1374
slipping1435
labent1727
slithering1864
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > losing one's foothold
slithinga1300
slipping1548
slurring1671
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > losing foothold
slithinga1300
a1300 E.E. Psalter lv. 13 Mi saule dede toke þou fra, Mi fete fra sliþinge als-swa.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxiv. 8 He toke..Mi fete fra slithing þer i ga.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 17 Than sithen be slithing gudes the werld wold vs betrayse.
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