Meaning of slita | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to tear, pull hard
2. to wear out
3. to work hard, toil

Examples

“I meg du enno riv og slit i dine Baand.”

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

“slita tak i”

to grab, to snatch

“Medan guten prøvde å slite tak i veska, heldt ein annan opp ein kniv […]”

While the boy tried to grab the bag, another held up a knife […]

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

“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.