slipe

English edit

Etymology edit

Compare slip (verb).

Noun edit

slipe (plural slipes)

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

Anagrams edit

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

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)

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

References edit

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

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)

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

Alternative forms edit

slipa

References edit

“slipe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.