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FLEÓN

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Grammar
FLEÓN, flión, to fleónne, fliónne; part. fleónde, fliónde; ic fleó, ðú flíhst, flýhst, he flíhþ, flýhþ, pl. fleóþ, flióþ, flýþ; p. ic, he fleáh, ðú fluge, pl. flugon; pp. flogen.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §239; §276; §329; §495;
v. trans.
To FLEE, escape, avoid; fŭgĕre, effŭgĕre, vītāre
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  • Ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym

    I will not flee hence a footstep,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 68
      • ;
    • By. 247: Andr. Kmbl. 3074
      • ;
    • An. 1540.

  • He sceal swīðe flión ðisse worulde wlite

    he must quickly flee this world's splendour,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 60
      • ;
    • Met. 7, 30.

  • Ðú tilast wædle to fliónne

    thou toilest to avoid poverty,

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 44, 7.

  • Fleónde

    fŭgiens,

    • Ps. Lamb. 54, 8: Cd. 95
      • ;
    • Th. 125, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 2080.

  • Se wlite ðæs líchoman is swíðe fliónde

    the beauty of the body is very fleeting,

    • Bt. 32, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 17.

  • Ic fleó

    fŭgio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 36
      • ;
    • Som. 38, 20: 28, 6
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 47.

  • He flíhþ ða wædle

    he flees from poverty,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 122, 33.

  • He flýhþ yfla gehwilc

    he flees every evil,

    • Exon. 62b
      • ;
    • Th. 229, 25
      • ;
    • Ph. 460: 81a
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 3
      • ;
    • Fä. 82.

  • Fleóþ his ansýne, ða ðe hine feódan

    fŭgiant a făcie ejus, qui ōdērunt eum,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 1: 103, 17.

  • Hí flýþ [Cott. flióþ] ðæt hí hatiaþ

    they avoid what they hate,

    • Bt. 41, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 252, 27.

  • Sǽ geseah and heó fleáh

    măre vīdit, et fūgit,

    • Ps. Lamb. 113, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 40
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 20.

  • Hwæt is ðé sǽ ðæt ðú fluge

    quid est tibi măre quod fūgisti?

    • Ps. Lamb. 113, 5.

  • Ða hyrdas flugon

    pastōres fūgērunt,

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 33: Ps. Lamb. 30, 12: Elen. Kmbl. 267
      • ;
    • El. 134.

  • Fleóþ on feorweg

    flee far away,

    • Exon. 36a
      • ;
    • Th. 117, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 228.

  • Ðæt ic mán fleó

    that I flee evil,

    • Ps. Th. 93, 14.
to put to flight, rout, conquer; fŭgāre, vincĕre
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  • Hundteóntig eówer fleóþ hira tyn þúsendu

    your hundred shall put to flight their ten thousands,

    • Lev. 26, 8.
v. intrans.
To fly as with wings; vŏlāre
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  • Ic fleó

    vŏlo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 36
      • ;
    • Som. 38, 16: Ps. Lamb. 54, 7.

  • Culfran fleóþ him floccmǽlum

    doves fly flockwise,

    • Homl. Th. i. 142, 9.
Etymology
[
Wyc. fle
:
R. Glouc. fle
:
Laym. fleon
:
Orm. fleon, flen
:
Plat. flugten
:
O. Sax. fliohan
:
Frs. flan
:
O. Frs. flia
:
Dut. vlieden
:
Ger. fliehen
:
M. H. Ger. vliehen
:
O. H. Ger. fliuhan
:
Goth. þliuhan
:
Dan. flye
:
Swed. fly
:
Icel. flýja.
]
Derived forms
a-fleón, æt-, be-, for-, in-, ofer-, ongeán-, óþ-, þurh-, to-, up-, út-, út-óþ-
Similar entries
v. fleógan I.
Linked entries
v.  FLEÓGAN flión flýman fleógan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLEÓN.” 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/10921.

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