slita

• slite

From Old Norse slíta.

• IPA^(key): /²sliːtɑ/

slita (present tense slit, past tense sleit, past participle slite, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

1. to tear, pull hard
   • 1895, Arne Garborg, Haugtussa:

     I meg du enno riv og slit i dine Baand.

     Within me, you still pull and tear at your restraints.

2. to wear out
   • 1862, Aasta Hansteen, (translated from Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson), "Visa hans Upplands-Knut"

     Ho gøymde huva i tjuge aar, maatte 'ke slita henne ut […]

     She saved the hat for twenty years, did not want to wear it out […]

3. to work hard, toil
   • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860":

     I mi Fødebygd, saag eg vel, at Kvendi maatte slita tungt, og til armare og meir uvitande Folk var, til meir sleit Kona.

     Where I was born, I saw clearly that the women had to toil hard, and the poorer and more ignorant people were, the more the wife toiled.

• “slita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną.

slīta

1. to tear apart
2. to tear (something from someone's hands)
3. to wear (out)
4. to disband

• Swedish: slita

From Old Swedish slīta, from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slaid-, *sled-.

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slita

1. to wear (out)
2. to tear (something from someone's hands)
3. to labour, to work (really hard)

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• slit
• slitage
• slitning
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