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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English slīdan. Cognates include Middle Dutch slīden, Middle Low German slīden, Middle High German slīten, and Sanskrit स्रेधति (sredhati).
Pronunciation
Verb
sliden
- To slide; to propel oneself along a surface:
- To slide then fall; to lose one's traction.
- To slip; to move from something's assigned place.
- To move, especially in an inconspicuous or noiseless way:
- To leak or secrete; to move as a liquid.
- To drop; to undergo falling or descent.
- To bend or deviate from something's original course.
- To leave or go away; to vanish.
- (figurative) To die; to undergo death.
- (figurative) To enter into iniquity or immoral behaviour.
- (rare) To experience alteration or modification; to become different.
Conjugation
infinitive
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(to) sliden, slide
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present tense
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past tense
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1st-person singular
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slide
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slod
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2nd-person singular
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slidest
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slide, slode, slod
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3rd-person singular
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slideth, slit
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slod
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subjunctive singular
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slide
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slide1, slode1
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imperative singular
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—
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plural2
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sliden, slide
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sliden, slide, sloden, slode
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imperative plural
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slideth, slide
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—
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participles
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slidynge, slidende
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sliden, slide, ysliden, yslide
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1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
slīden
- plural present subjunctive of slīdan
Verb
sliden
- plural preterite subjunctive of slīdan
Participle
sliden
- past participle of slīdan