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felgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen
To stick to, betake oneself to, go or come under, below or beneath anything, to go into, enter a place, to undergo; inhærēre, sŭbīre, ināre, intrāre
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  • Óþ he on fleáme fealh

    until he betook himself to flight,

    • Ors. 4, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 89, 42.

  • Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon

    they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 3, col. 1.

  • Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor

    when Grendel's mother came in,

    • Beo. Th. 2567
      • ;
    • B. 1281.

  • He searoníþas fealh Eormenríces

    he underwent the guileful enmity of Ermanric,

    • 2405
      • ;
    • B. 1200.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. bi-felhan trādĕre, mandāre, condĕre
:
Frs. be-feljen
:
O. Frs. bifella
:
Dut. be-velen
:
Ger. be-fehlen mandāre
:
M. H. Ger. be-vëlhen condĕre, mandāre
:
O. H. Ger. félahan, felhan condĕre
:
Goth. filhan to hide, bury
:
Icel. fela
:
Lat. se-pĕlire to hide, bury
.]
Derived forms
æt-felgan, be-, bi-, ge-, wið-
Similar entries
v. felan, feolan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-felgan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “felgan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10277.

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