glida

• gli
• glide

From Middle Low German gliden

• IPA^(key): /²ɡliːɑ/

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

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.

• “glida” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlidɑ/

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.

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

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glida

1. (intransitive) to slide under conditions of low friction (to move in continuous contact with a surface)

• glidflyga
• glidmedel

glida

1. genitive singular of glid