† to-slitv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To slit open, split.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > cut open
openOE
to-slita1250
undoc1440
unrip1481
to cut open1786
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crack, split, or fissure
to-slita1250
rivea1400
slatterc1400
chapc1460
chip1508
gaig1584
spleet1585
split1595
chink1599
chawn1602
slent1605
slat1607
sliver1608
speld1616
crevice1624
checka1642
chicka1642
crack1664
splice1664
sleave-
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 694 Ac ȝif þat he forlost his wit, Þonne is his red purs al toslit.
c1300 Seyn Julian (Ashm.) 146 Þe bones hi to slitte & þe marw out drowe.
14.. Sir Beues (MS M.) 520 There was no sarzin, that hym hitte, But he is body all to-slitt.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16808 Many a baly scho ther rittes And many a scheld sche al to-sclittes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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