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FLOTA

  • noun [ masculine ]
  • participle
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Grammar
FLOTA, an; m. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float] .
Wright's OE grammar
§401; §562;
a ship, vessel, fleet; nāvis, classis
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  • Flota stille bád on sole

    the vessel abode still in the mud,

    • Beo. Th. 608
      • ;
    • B. 301: 426
      • ;
    • B. 210.

  • Næs se flota swá rang

    no fleet was so insolent,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 125, 26: 1006
      • ;
    • Erl. 140, 6.

  • Mid ðæm flotan

    with the fleet,

    • 904
      • ;
    • Erl. 98, 12.

  • Lǽt nú geferian flotan úserne to lande

    let our ship now go to land,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 794
      • ;
    • An. 397: Beo. Th. 594
      • ;
    • B. 294.
a sailor, pirate; nauta, pīrāta
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  • Flota mōdgade

    the sailor proudly moved,

    • Cd. 160
      • ;
    • Th. 198, 32
      • ;
    • Exod. 331.

  • Brǽddon æfter beorgnm flotan feldhúsum

    the sailors spread themselves amongst the hills with their tents,

    • 148
      • ;
    • Th. 186, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 133: 154
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 223.

  • Ða flotan, wícinga fela

    the pirates, vikings many,

    • Byrht. Th. 133, 25
      • ;
    • By. 72.
Etymology
[
Scot. flote a fleet
:
Dut. vloot, f. a fleet
:
Ger. flotte, f. a. fleet
:
Dan. flaade, m. f
:
Swed. flotta, f
:
Icel. floti, m. a fleet.
]
Derived forms
ǽg-flota, ge-, hærn-, sǽ-, scip-, wǽg-
Linked entries
v.  ǽg-flota ge-flota.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLOTA.” 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/11010.

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  • FLOTA, n.; part.

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