different between slipe vs slive

English

Etymology

Compare slip (verb).

Noun

slipe (plural slipes)

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

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliés, spiel, spile

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Verb

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)

References

• “slipe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slipe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Middle Low German slipen

Verb

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

Alternative forms

• slipa

References

• “slipe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sla?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English sliven, from Old English sl?fan (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?ban? (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”).

Verb

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)

1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate.
2. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.

Noun

slive (plural slives)

1. (dialectal) A slice or sliver; slip, chip.

Related terms

• sliver

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to slip.

Verb

slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)

1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To sneak; skulk; proceed in a sly way; creep.

Related terms

• sliverly

Anagrams

• Elvis, Levi's, Levis, Lévis, Viels, evils, lives, veils, vleis, vlies

Slovene

Noun

slíve

1. inflection of slíva:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural