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FLÓD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FLÓD, es; n. m.
Wright's OE grammar
§26; §128; §231; §238; §395;
a flowing of water, flow, flowing water, wave, tide, FLOOD, sea, running stream, river; flūmen, fluctus, fluentum, æstus, accessus, flŭvius
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  • Ðæt flód [n.] eóde of stówe ðære winsumnisse to wætrienne neorxena wang; ðæt flód [n.] ys ðanon todǽled on feówer eán

    flŭvius egrĕdiēbātur de lŏco voluptātis ad irrĭgandum părădisum; flŭvius inde divĭdĭtur, in quătuor căpĭta,

    • Gen. 2, 10.

  • Flód [m. or n.] vel yrnende eá

    flūmen,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 97
      • ;
    • Som. 76, 73
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54, 17.

  • Flód [m. or n.] flūmen vel

    flŭvius,

    • Wrt. Voc. 80, 57.

  • Flód [m. or n.] oððe ýþ

    fluctus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 11
      • ;
    • Som. 15, 11.

  • Flód

    [m. or n.] accessus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 105
      • ;
    • Som. 78, 35
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 57, 17.

  • Hwenne ðæt flód [n.] byþ ealra héhst and ealra fullost

    when the tide is highest and fullest of all,

    • Chr. 1031
      • ;
    • Erl. 162, 5: 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 6.

  • Se flód [m.] onsprang

    the flood departed,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3269
      • ;
    • An. 1637.

  • Com flówende flód [m. or n.] æfter ebban . . . se flód [m.] út gewát

    the flowing tide came after the ebb . . .the tide receded,

    • Byrht. Th. 133, 45, 58
      • ;
    • By. 65, 72.

  • Cynn ða ðe flód [m. or n.] wecceþ inc hýraþ

    races which the water bringeth forth shall obey you two,

    • Cd. 10
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 204: Beo. Th. 1095
      • ;
    • B. 545: Andr. Kmbl. 3091
      • ;
    • An. 1548: Exon. 106a
      • ;
    • Th. 404, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 23, 6.

  • Flódes [m. or n.] ryne

    flūmĭnis impĕtus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 45, 5.

  • Ðæs sǽes flódes [m. or n.] weaxnes

    are increasing of the sea's tide,

    • Bd. 5, 3
      • ;
    • S. 616, 16.

  • Hie on flódes [m. or n.] fæðm ceólum lácaþ

    they sail in ships on the bosom of the sea,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 503
      • ;
    • An. 252: Beo. Th. 83
      • ;
    • B. 42: Salm. Kmbl. 161
      • ;
    • Sal. 80.

  • On Iordanes flóde

    [m. or n.] in Iordānis flūmĭne,

    • Mk. Bos. 1, 5.

  • Se wuldorcyning gesette ýþum heora onrihtne ryne, rúmum flóde

    [m. or n.] the king of glory appointed to the waves, to the spacious flood, its just course, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 36; Gen. 167: Exon. 25a; Th. 72, 8; Cri. 1169: Beo. Th. 3780; B. 1888: Andr. Kmbl. 530; An. 265: Cyning út gewát on fealene flód [m.] the king departed on the dusky flood,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 114, 2
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 36: Beo. Th. 3904: B. 1950: Andr. Kmbl. 841
      • ;
    • An. 421: Exon. 101b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 31
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 19.

  • Sió eá forþ mid micle flóde [m. or n.] út on ða sǽ flóweþ

    the river flows forth out to the sea with a great flow,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 15, 20: Cd. 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 157: Andr. Kmbl. 1907
      • ;
    • An. 956: Exon. 103b
      • ;
    • Th. 392, 3
      • ;
    • Rä. 11, 2.

  • Ðǽr cómon flód

    [n.] vēnērunt flūmĭna,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 27.

  • Upahófon flód [n.] Driht, upahófon flódas [m.] stefne his, upahófon flód ýþe his

    elĕvāvērunt flāmĭna Dŏmĭne, elĕvāvērunt flūmĭna vōcem suam, elĕvāvērunt flūmĭna fluctus suos,

    • Ps. Spl. 92, 4, 5.

  • Flódas [m.] feágaþ oððe hafetiaþ mid handa samod

    flūmĭna plaudent mănu sĭmul,

    • Ps. Lamb. 97, 8.

  • Fámige flódas

    [m.] foamy floods.

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2213: Ps. Th. 68, 14: Exon. 125b
      • ;
    • Th. 482, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 67, 4.

  • Flóda [m. or n.] begong

    the floods' course,

    • Beo. Th. 2999
      • ;
    • B. 1497: Ps. Th. 65, 11.

  • Ða fugelas ðe on flódum [m. or n.] wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte

    the birds which dwell in waters are web-footed,

    • Hexam. 8
      • ;
    • Norm. 14, 14: Exon. 22a
      • ;
    • Th. 61, 5; Cri. 980.

  • Ofer flód, n. [flódas, m. Lamb.] he gegearwode hine

    sŭper flūmĭna præpărāvit eum,

    • Ps. Spl. 23, 2.

  • Ðú adrygdest flód,

    n. [flódas, m. Spl.] tu siccasti flŭvios,

    • Ps. Lamb. 73, 15.

  • He gewende to blóde heora flódas

    [m.] convertit in sanguĭnem flūmĭna eōrnm,

    • 77, 44: Andr. Kmbl. 1811; An. 908.
the Flood, deluge; dilŭvium
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  • Ýðode ðæt flód [n.] ofer eorþan

    aquæ dilŭvii inundāvērunt sŭper terram,

    • Gen. 7, 10, 17: Mt. Bos. 24, 39: Lk. Bos. 1, 27: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 11, 13.

  • Flód [m. or n.] ofslóh giganta cyn

    the flood slew the race of giants,

    • Beo. Th. 3383
      • ;
    • B. 1689: Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 83, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1386.

  • Ic gebringe flódes [m. or n.] wæteru ofer eorþan, ðæt ic ofsleá eall flǽsc

    ĕgo addūcam aquas dilŭvii sŭper terram, ut interfĭciam omnem carnem,

    • Gen. 6, 17: 7, 6, 7: 9, 11.

  • Noe lyfode þreóhund geára and fíftig geára æfter ðam flóde

    [m. or n.] vixit Noe post dilŭvium trecentis quinquāginta annis,

    • Gen. 9, 28: Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 12, 13, 16, 18, 29: Cd. 75
      • ;
    • Th. 93, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 1544.

  • Ic wille mid flóde [m. or n.] folc acwellan

    I mill destroy the people with a flood,

    • 64
      • ;
    • Th. 78, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1296: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 21, 22.

  • Flódas [m.] Noe oferláþ

    Noah sailed over the floods,

    • Cd. 161
      • ;
    • Th. 200, 25
      • ;
    • Exod. 362.
Etymology
[
Laym. flod, ulod, n
:
Orm. flod
:
Plat. flood, f
:
O Sax. flód, fluod, m. f. n; fluot, f
:
Frs. floede
:
O. Frs. floed, flod, n
:
Dut. vloed, m
:
Ger. fluth, f
:
M. H. Ger. vluot, f. m
:
O. H. Ger. flót, fluot, f; flóz fluxus
:
Goth. flódus, f
:
Dan. flod, m. f
:
Swed. flod, m. a flood, river
:
Icel. flóð, n. inundation, deluge.
]
Derived forms
brim-flód, Cofer-, drenc-, geofon-, heáh-, lagu-, mere-, nép-, sǽ-, wæter-, will-
Linked entries
v.  flóde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLÓD.” 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/10990.

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