slipor
Old English
Alternative forms
- sliper, slypor
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slipraz (“smooth, slippery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslipor/, [ˈslipur]
Adjective
slipor
- slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily.
- slipping easily, easily moved
- uncertain, unsteady, without fixed principles
- foul
Declension
Declension of slipor — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | slipor | slipor | slipor |
| Accusative | sliporne | slipore | slipor |
| Genitive | slipores | sliporre | slipores |
| Dative | sliporum | sliporre | sliporum |
| Instrumental | slipore | sliporre | slipore |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | slipore | slipora, slipore | slipor |
| Accusative | slipore | slipora, slipore | slipor |
| Genitive | sliporra | sliporra | sliporra |
| Dative | sliporum | sliporum | sliporum |
| Instrumental | sliporum | sliporum | sliporum |
Declension of slipor — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | slipora | slipore | slipore |
| Accusative | sliporan | sliporan | slipore |
| Genitive | sliporan | sliporan | sliporan |
| Dative | sliporan | sliporan | sliporan |
| Instrumental | sliporan | sliporan | sliporan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sliporan | sliporan | sliporan |
| Accusative | sliporan | sliporan | sliporan |
| Genitive | sliporra, sliporena | sliporra, sliporena | sliporra, sliporena |
| Dative | sliporum | sliporum | sliporum |
| Instrumental | sliporum | sliporum | sliporum |
Synonyms
- glid
- glidder
- hǣliġ
- slidor
- slifor
Related terms
- slǣp (“miry place”)
- slipa (“slime”)
Descendants
- Middle English: sliper, sluper, slipper
- English: slipper
- Scots: slipper, slippir, slippar, sloppare
- ⇒ Middle English: slipperie
- English: slippery
- Scots: slipperie