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flicerian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
flicerian, flicorian; p. ode; pp. od [fleógan to fly]
To move the wings, flutter, FLICKER; mōtāre ālas, vŏlĭtāre
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  • Ic flicerige

    vŏlĭto,

    • Æfc. Gr. 36
    • ;
    • Som. 38, 16.
  • Swá earn his briddas spænþ to flihte and ofer híg fliceraþ

    sīcut ăquĭla prōvŏcans ad vŏlandum pullos suos et sŭper eos vŏlĭtans,

    • Deut. 32, 11.
  • Án blac þrostle flicorode ymbe his neb

    a black thrush flickered about his face,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 156, 22.
Etymology
[
Dut. flakkeren, flikkeren
:
Ger. flackern
:
M. H. Ger. vlackern
:
O. H. Ger. flokarón
.]
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v.  fyrclian flacor.
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