glida

See also: glíða

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gli
• glide

Etymology

From Middle Low German gliden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡliːɑ/

Verb

glida (present tense glid, past participle gleid, past participle glidd or glitt or glide, present participle glidande, imperative glid)

1. to slip (to lose one's traction on a slippery surface)

   Han gleid på isen.

   He slipped on the ice.

2. to glide (to move effortlessly)

   Skia glid godt.

   The skis glide well.

References

• “glida” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• glioda, *gleoda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; related to glīdan (“to glide”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡli.dɑ/

Noun

glida m

1. kite (bird)
   • 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

     Sē þe þurh rēaflāc ġewilnaþ þā þing þe hē mid his ēagum wiþūtan sċēawaþ, sē is glida, nā culfre.

     Whoever wants to steal the things that he sees with his eyes without, he is a kite, not a dove.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	glida	glidan
accusative	glidan	glidan
genitive	glidan	glidena
dative	glidan	glidum

Descendants

• Middle English: glede, glide
  • English: glede, glead
  • Scots: gled, gleed

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German glīden, from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

glida (present glider, preterite gled, supine glidit, imperative glid)

1. to move smoothly along a surface; to slide, to slip, to glide, etc.
   • 1998, Jan Nordlund, Johan Lagerlöf, Jens Bergmark, Daniel Bäckström, Arijan Selami, Marko Lehtosalo, Stefan Enberg, “Vi drar till fjällen [We head off to the mountains]”‎^[1]performed by Markoolio [portmanteau of his first name Marko and the stage name of American rapper Coolio]; Elise Myrberg; Jemma Myrberg:

     Vi drar till fjällen. Fest hela kvällen. Ute och glider med snowboard och skidor. Vi drar till fjällen. Fest hela kvällen. Se upp i backen för finska attacken.

     We head off to the mountains [or "We're headin' for the mountains" or something colloquial like that]. Party [noun] all night [the whole evening]. Out sliding ["gliding" feels a bit too specific] with snowboard and skis. We head off to the mountains. Party all night. Watch out on the slopes [slope] for the Finnish attack.

2. to move smoothly through air or water or the like; to glide, etc.
3. (figuratively) to move smoothly (more generally, sometimes figuratively); to glide, to drift, etc.

   Butlern gled ljudlöst in i rummet

   The butler glided noiselessly into the room

   glida isär

   drift apart

   • 1980, “Sommarnatt [Summer Night]”, in Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Torben Ferm (music), Sommarnatt‎^[2], performed by Snowstorm:

     Sommarnatt, när jag svävar fram i mörkret. Sommarnatt, det ger en skön highway feelin'. Sommarnatt, jag glider fram på gatan. Sommarnatt, i min jättemaskin.

     Summer night, when I float through the dark [float (levitate, or other smooth movement by extension) forth in the dark]. Summer night, it gives a cool highway feelin'. Summer night, I glide along the street [glide forth/forward on the street]. Summer night, in my giant machine.

Conjugation

Conjugation of glida (class 1 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	glida		—
supine	glidit		—
imperative	glid		—
imper. plural1	gliden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	glider	gled	—	—
ind. plural1	glida	gledo	—	—
subjunctive2	glide	glede	—	—
present participle		glidande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• glid
• glidflygplan
• glidmedel

See also

• halka
• hasa
• kana
• kasa
• rutscha
• slinka
• slinta
• slira

References

• “glida”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “glida”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “glida”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• adlig

Volapük

Noun

glida

1. genitive singular of glid