slippe

Pronunciation: /slepə/

“slippe” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

to let go, release, drop
to get out, get away, get off

noun

alley

Etymology

A merger of two related verbs: 1. the intransitive Old Norse sleppa (past tense slapp), from Proto-Germanic *slimpaną, cognate with Swedish slippa. 2. the transitive Old Norse sleppa (past tense sleppti), from Proto-Germanic *slampijaną, cognate with Swedish släppa. The Danish word is influenced by the similar but unrelated word Middle Low German slippen, Dutch slippen (whence English slip).

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