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óþ-fleón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§655;
to flee away, escape
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  • Favius heánlíce hámweard óþfleáh,

      Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 14.
  • Ða ðe tó him mid scypum óþflugon tó ðǽm beorgum

    ad se ratibus confugientes,

      1, 6; Swt. 36, 11: 2, 8; Swt. 94, 8.
  • Sume binnan ðæt fæsten óþflugon,

      Swt. 92, 23.
  • Ða ðe him

    (Joshua)

    óþ-flugon, ðám feóllon stánas on uppan, and hí fordydon,
      Homl. Th. ii. 214, 2.
  • Ðám monnum ðe óþflugon ofer ðone weall,

      Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 12.
  • Uneáðe mehte ǽnig ðǽm Gallium óþfleón,

      Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 94, 11.
  • Wil-niende ðæt hí ǽlcum gewinne óþflogen hæfdon,

      I. 4; Swt. 32, 21.
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  • óþ-fleón, v.