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FLEÓGAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
FLEÓGAN, fliógan, to fleógenne; part. fleógende; ic fleóge, ðú fleógest, he fleógeþ, pl. fleógaþ; p. ic, he fleág, fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen [fleóge a fly] .
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §137; §189; §295; §320; §323; §476; §493;
v. intrans.
To FLY as with wings; vŏlāre
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  • Ðæt he mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte

    that he might fly with wings,

    • Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 417: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 3
      • ;
    • Met. 24, 2.

  • Ic hæbbe swíðe swifte feðera, ðæt ic mæg fliógan ofer ðone heán hróf ðæs heofones

    I have very swift wings, that I can fly over the high roof of heaven,

    • Bt. 36, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 174, 5.

  • Hwá me sealde to fleógenne fiðeru swá culfran

    quis dăbit mihi pennas sīcut cŏlumbæ, et vŏlābo?

    • Ps. Th. 54, 6.

  • Geseah he ða wérian gástas þurh ðæt fýr fleógende

    he saw the accursed spirits flying through the fire,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 34: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 22
      • ;
    • Met. 31, 11.

  • Gif ic míne fiðeru gefó, fleóge ǽr leóhte

    si sumpsĕro pennas meas ante lūcem,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 7.

  • Se fugel fleógeþ

    the bird flies,

    • Exon. 60b
      • ;
    • Th. 220, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 322: Beo. Th. 4539
      • ;
    • B. 2273.

  • Me of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas

    shafts of battle fly from my belly,

    • Exon. 105a
      • ;
    • Th. 399, 4
      • ;
    • Rä. 18, 6.

  • Fleág fugla cyn

    the race of birds flew,

    • Exon. 46a
      • ;
    • Th. 157, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 889: 86b
      • ;
    • Th. 326, 12
      • ;
    • Wíd. 127.

  • He fleáh ofer fyðru winda

    vŏlāvit sŭíper pennas ventōrum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 17, 11: Cd. 72
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1456.

  • Ða englas twegen him on twá healfaflugon

    the two angels flew on both sides of him,

    • Bd. 3, 19
      • ;
    • S. 548, 32: Exon. 43a
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 709.
v. intrans.
To flee, flee from; fŭgĕre, effŭgĕre
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  • Ðæt he nolde fleógan

    that he would not flee,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 56
      • ;
    • By. 275.

  • Fleógende

    fŭgiens,

    • Ps. Spl. 54, 7.

  • Hí fleógaþ mid ðám feóndum

    they flee with the fiends,

    • Exon. 116a
      • ;
    • Th. 446, 6
      • ;
    • Dóm. 18.
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Etymology
[
Laym. fleon
:
Orm. fleghenn
:
Plat. flegen
:
Frs. flega
:
O. Frs. fliaga
:
Dut. vliegen
:
Ger. fliegen
:
M. H. Ger. vliegen
:
O. H. Ger. fliugan, fleogan
:
Dan. flyve
:
Swed. flyga
:
Icel. fljúga.
]
Derived forms
be-fleógan, forþ-, ge-, of-, óþ-, up-, ymb-
Similar entries
v. fleón
Linked entries
v.  FLEÓN fliógan flecgan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLEÓGAN.” 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/10913.

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