slítan

\slítan ¹ sv/t1 3^rd pres slíteþ past slát/sliton ptp gesliten to slit, tear, rend, shiver; 1. in the following glosses; 2. to tear a garment, rend; se héahsácerd his réaf slítende the high priest, tearing his robes; 3. to tear, split, shiver, rend, rend to pieces, cleave, divide; hé slát sǽ he split sea; 4. to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, of a sharp instrument, etc.; hine se wulf slíteþ him the wolf rends; 4a. fig. applied to inanimate objects; ne slít mé hungor and þurst tear me not hunger and thirst; híe béoþ mec slítende they are tearing me (of the waves tearing at anchor); 5. to tear, bite, sting, wound (of pungent things, see slitol), irritate (of physical or mental irritation); þæt wín slát þá wunda the wine stung the wounds; 6. to tear (fig.), to destroy, waste, consume; 7. to carp at, backbite; bæcslitol; 8. sv/i1 to tear; temples segl self slát on tú the temple's veil tore itself in two;