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glida

See also: glíða

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gliden.

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Verb

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glida (present tense glid, past participle gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide, present participle glidande, imperative glid)

  1. to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)
    Han gleid på isen.
    He slipped on the ice.
  2. to glide (to move effortlessly)
    Skia glid godt.
    The skis glide well.

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Old English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; related to glīdan (“to glide”)[1]

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Noun

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glida m

  1. kite (bird)
    • 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
      Sē þe þurh rēaflāc ġewilnaþ þā þing þe hē mid his ēagum wiþūtan sċēawaþ, sē is glida, nā culfre.
      Whoever wants to steal the things that he sees with his eyes without, he is a kite, not a dove.

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative glida glidan
accusative glidan glidan
genitive glidan glidena
dative glidan glidum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: glede, glide
    • English: glede, glead
    • Scots: gled, gleed

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  1. ^ The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (1923). United States: University of Illinois, p. 130

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German glīden, from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.

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Verb

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glida (present glider, preterite gled, supine glidit, imperative glid)

  1. to move smoothly along a surface; to slide, to slip, to glide, etc.
  2. to move smoothly through air or water or the like; to glide, etc.
  3. (figuratively) to move smoothly (more generally, sometimes figuratively); to glide, to drift, etc.
    Butlern gled ljudlöst in i rummet
    The butler glided noiselessly into the room
    glida isär
    drift apart
    • 1980, “Sommarnatt [Summer Night]”, in Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Torben Ferm (music), Sommarnatt‎[2], performed by Snowstorm:
      Sommarnatt, när jag svävar fram i mörkret. Sommarnatt, det ger en skön highway feelin'. Sommarnatt, jag glider fram på gatan. Sommarnatt, i min jättemaskin.
      Summer night, when I float through the dark [float (levitate, or other smooth movement by extension) forth in the dark]. Summer night, it gives a cool highway feelin'. Summer night, I glide along the street [glide forth/forward on the street]. Summer night, in my giant machine.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of glida (class 1 strong)
active passive
infinitive glida —
supine glidit —
imperative glid —
imper. plural1 gliden —
present past present past
indicative glider gled — —
ind. plural1 glida gledo — —
subjunctive2 glide glede — —
present participle glidande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Noun

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glida

  1. genitive singular of glid
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