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Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
Wright's OE grammar
§84; §173; §329; §501;
and add:
Grammar
feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon
To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.)
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  • Nú mé fealh on móde

    it has come into my mind,

    • Gr. D. 17, 32
      • .

  • Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe

    he bade them read till he could get to sleep,

    • Hml. A. 98, 211
      • .

  • Swá swýðe swá hí ǽr þám folce þæs útfæreldes wyrndon, swá micle hý wǽron geornran þæt hí him fram fulgen

    (that they should hasten their departure;

    cf. urgebant Aegyptii populum de terra exire velociter,

    • Ex. 12, 33
      • ),
    • Ors. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 38, 20
      • .

  • Þæt fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle (cf. ne mæg cuman tó his earde,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 130, 32
      • ),
    • Met. 20, 154
      • .
Similar entries
v. oþ-, wiþ-feólan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feolan.” 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/44734.

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