Participles
| Present | slītende |
| Past | (ġe)sliten |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | slīte |
| 2nd sing. | slītst |
| 3rd sing. | slītt; slīt |
| 1st plur. | slītaþ |
| 2nd plur. | slītaþ |
| 3rd plur. | slītaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | slāt |
| 2nd sing. | slite |
| 3rd sing. | slāt |
| 1st plur. | sliton |
| 2nd plur. | sliton |
| 3rd plur. | sliton |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | slīte |
| 2nd sing. | slīte |
| 3rd sing. | slīte |
| 1st plur. | slīten |
| 2nd plur. | slīten |
| 3rd plur. | slīten |
Past
| 1st sing. | slite |
| 2nd sing. | slite |
| 3rd sing. | slite |
| 1st plur. | sliten |
| 2nd plur. | sliten |
| 3rd plur. | sliten |
Imperative
| Singular | slīt |
| Plural | slītaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'slitan'
slitan,
Verbs similar to 'slitan'
flitan,
scitan,
slidan,
slifan,
smitan,
wlitan,
abitan,
alihtan,
alutan,
bitan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *slītan.
Sample Sentences
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þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
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wǣron mīne fēt, · forste ġebunden,
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caldum clommum, · þǣr þā ċeare sēofedun.
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Hāt ymb heortan · hungor innan slāt
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merewērġes mōd. · Þæt sē mon ne wāt (then it beats near cliffs. My feet were
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squeezed by cold, bound by frost,
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with cold fetters, when there we bemoaned
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sorrows. Hot about heart, hunger within tore
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a sea-weary mind. The man didn't know that,) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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