UrsprungFrom Middle Low German glīden, from Old Saxon glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-.
- to move smoothly along a surface; to slide, to slip, to glide, etc.
“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
- to move smoothly through air or water or the like; to glide, etc.
- figurativelyto 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
“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
Formerglider(present) · gled(preterite) · glidit(supine) · glid(imperative) · glida(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · glidit(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · glid(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gliden(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · glider(active, indicative, present) · gled(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · glida(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · gledo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)