slipe

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare slip (verb).

Noun[edit]

slipe (plural slipes)

  1. A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Middle Low German slipen; compare with Danish slibe and Swedish slipa.

Verb[edit]

slipe (imperative slip, present tense sliper, passive slipes, simple past slipte, past participle slipt, present participle slipende)

  1. to grind
  2. to sharpen, hone (a knife, also figurative)
  3. to polish (e.g. marble, also figurative)
  4. to cut (crystal glass, precious stones)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Middle Low German slipen

Verb[edit]

slipe (present tense slipar/sliper, past tense slipa/slipte, past participle slipa/slipt, passive infinitive slipast, present participle slipande, imperative slipe/slip)

  1. to grind
  2. to sharpen, hone (a knife, also figurative)
  3. to polish (e.g. marble, also figurative)
  4. to cut (crystal glass, precious stones)

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