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FLÓWAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
FLÓWAN, part. flówende; ic flówe, ðu flówest, fléwst, he flóweþ, flewþ, pl. flowaþ; p. fleów, pl. fleówon; pp. flówen
Wright's OE grammar
§128; §264; §519;
To FLOW, issue; fluĕre, fluctuāre, inundāre
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  • Ðæt ealle eán eft flówan mágon

    that all waters may flow again,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 16.

  • Flówan mót ýþ ofer eall lond

    the wave may flow over all the land,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 644
      • ;
    • Sal. 321: Ps. Th. 77, 21: 104, 36: Menol. Fox 555
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 47.

  • Com flówende flód

    the flood came flowing,

    • Byrht. Th. 133, 44
      • ;
    • By. 65.

  • Ic flówe

    fluo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 4.

  • Lagu flóweþ ofer foldan

    water shall flow over the earth,

    • Exon. 115b
      • ;
    • Th. 445, 2
      • ;
    • Dóm. 1: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 28
      • ;
    • Met. 5, 14: Ps. Th. 67, 2: 63, 1: 103, 10: 147, 7.

  • On ðæt land ðe fléwþ meolece and hunie

    in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle,

    • Ex. 3, 8: Num. 13, 28: 14, 8: 16, 14: Ps. Spl. 57, 8: Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 15, 19
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 268, 16.

  • Lybbendes wætres flód flówaþ of his innoþe

    flūmĭna de ventre ejus fluent ăquæ vĭvæ,

    • Jn. Bos. 7, 38: Ps. Lamb. 147, 18.

  • Sǽstreámas flówaþ

    sea-streams flow,

    • Ps. Th. 92, 5.

  • Fleów blód út and wæter

    exīvit sanguis et ăqua,

    • Jn. Bos. 19, 34.

  • Fleów firgend-streám

    the mountain-torrent flowed,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3144
      • ;
    • An. 1575.

  • He slóh stán and fleówon wæteru, and burnan fleówon oððe ýþgodon

    percussit petram et fluxērunt ăquæ, et torrentes inundāvērunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 20: 104, 41.

  • Ðeáh ðe wealan flówen

    dīvĭtiæ si affluant,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 11.
Etymology
[
Chauc. flowen
:
Orm. flowenn
:
Plat. floien, flojen
:
Dut. vloeien
:
M. H. Ger. vlæjen, vlæen
:
O. H. Ger. flawjan, flewén
:
Icel. flóa to flood
:
Lat. flu-ĕre
:
Grk. πλώω to swim
:
Sansk. plu to float, swim.
]
Derived forms
a-flówan, æt-, be-, forþ-, geond-, of-, ofer-, to-, to-be-, under-
Linked entries
v.  geond-flówan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLÓWAN.” 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/11019.

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