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''Glider'' is the [[agent noun]] form of the verb ''to glide''. It derives from Middle English ''gliden'', which in turn derived from Old English ''glīdan''. The oldestnewest meaning of glide may have denoted a precipitous running or jumping, as opposed to a smooth motion. Scholars are uncertain as to its original derivation, with possible connections to "slide", and "light" having been advanced.<ref>Liberman, Anatoly. [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/7etym.pdf "An Addendum to “Ten Scandinavian and North English Etymologies”"], from ''alvíssmál'' 7. 1997. 101–104.</ref>