Norwegian: slure

[Abalord]

Hey, everyone
I'm having difficulties understanding the meaning of this word in the following sentence:

Uansett hvor dårlig de fungerer, så ligger den drømmen og slurer i dem. De sitter fast, og det er ødeleggende.

I thought perhaps it means something like "the dream is slipping from their hands", but it seems that this part of the sentence should be a positive statement.

 

[raumar]

We use "slure" when a wheel (for example a car wheel) is spinning without getting traction.

You have not provided much context here, but I suppose the meaning is that they spend a lot of energy on that dream, without getting anywhere.

 

[Abalord]

Thank you very much, that makes perfect sense. I haven't seen this meaning of "slure" in any dictionary.

 

[raumar]

It is described in Bokmålsordboka/Nynorskordboka, but maybe not very clearly:
Bokmålsordboka | Nynorskordboka

One of the explanations is "ikke gripe", and that should be understood as "won't grip; won't get traction".