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feolan

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Grammar
feolan, l. feólan, take here passages under felgan,
Wright's OE grammar
§84; §173; §329; §501;
and add:
Grammar
feolan, pl. fulgon, fúlon
To make one's way, press to or from a place, get (lit. or fig.)
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  • Nú mé fealh on móde

    it has come into my mind,

    • Gr. D. 17, 32
    • .
  • Hé hét rǽdan oð ðæt hé fulge on slǽpe

    he bade them read till he could get to sleep,

    • Hml. A. 98, 211
    • .
  • Swá swýðe swá hí ǽr þám folce þæs útfæreldes wyrndon, swá micle hý wǽron geornran þæt hí him fram fulgen

    (that they should hasten their departure;

    cf. urgebant Aegyptii populum de terra exire velociter,

    • Ex. 12, 33
    • ),
    • Ors. 1, 7
    • ;
    • S. 38, 20
    • .
  • Þæt fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle (cf. ne mæg cuman tó his earde,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • F. 130, 32
    • ),
    • Met. 20, 154
    • .
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v. oþ-, wiþ-feólan.
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