sletta III “slide”

fragmentarily attested

intransitive

active voice
present indicative present subjunctive
1sg ek slett 1pl vér slettum 1sg ek sletta 1pl vér slettim
2sg þú slettr 2pl þér slettið 2sg þú slettir 2pl þér slettið
3sg hon slettr 3pl þau sletta 3sg hon sletti 3pl þau sletti
preterite indicative preterite subjunctive
1sg ek slatt 1pl vér sluttum 1sg ek slytta 1pl vér slyttim
2sg þú slazt 2pl þér sluttuð 2sg þú slyttir 2pl þér slyttið
3sg hon slatt 3pl þau sluttu 3sg hon slytti 3pl þau slytti
preterite infinitive sluttu
past participle f. slottin m. slottinn n. slottit
imperative 2sg slett 1pl slettum 2pl slettið

PG *slintaną. Shares a root with weak Dutch slenteren “saunter” and the ME, MnE noun slant. Only the preterite singular is attested. More commonly found is its causative sletta 1 “strike,” whose present subjunctive, imperative, and plural indicative coincide in form with those of the present item.

assimilation  ·  cluster reduction

Corpus search: present active / preterite active

© P. S. Langeslag 2011, 2022