hýra
hireling
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Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóþ ... swá se hýra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesyhþ ye flee after the manner of hirelings ... as the hireling does when he sees the wolf, Past. 15, 1; Swt. 38, 14
Linked entry: ambeht-híra
forht-líc
Timid ⬩ fearful ⬩ trembling ⬩ trĕpĭdus ⬩ terrĭbĭlis
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Fleóþ forhtlíce þunres brógan they, being afraid, shall flee the terror of [thy] thunder; a vōce tŏnitrui tui formīdābunt, Ps. Th. 103, 8. On ða forhtlíce sorgum wlítaþ on which, they, frightened, look sorrowfully, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 15; Cri. 1104
fyr
Farther ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ longius
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Fyr fleón to flee farther, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 4
wealca
a roller ⬩ a wave ⬩ billow ⬩ a garment that may be rolled round a person ⬩ a muffler ⬩ wrap ⬩ veil.
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Similar entries v. ge-wealc Streám út áweóll, fleów ofer foldan, fámige walcan eorðan þehton, miclade mereflód, Andr. Kmbl. 3047 ; An. 1526. a garment that may be rolled round a person, a muffler, wrap, veil.
beót-líce
threateningly ⬩ boast-ingly ⬩ vauntingly ⬩ arrogantly
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Hé beótlíce mid deóflicum fiðerhaman fleón wolde, Hml. Th. i. 380, 29. Gé beótlíce lǽtað, þæt gé máre magan, þonne hit gemet sý, Wlfst. 46, 15. Bóceras beótlíce habbað dǽlas . . . þæs ðe hig gylpað gelóme, Angl. viii. 317, 27
torn-wyrdan
To address abusive words to ⬩ to vituperate
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To address abusive words to, to vituperate Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however
Linked entry: torn-word
á-flówan
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-flogen from -fleón or -fleógan], Hatt. MS.) tó gæglbǽrnesse ad lasciviam defluens , Past. 72, 12. Genim eoferes blǽdran mid þám micgan, áhefe upp, and ábíd oþ ꝥ se wǽta of áflógen (-flówen, v. l. ) sý. Lch. i. 360, 6
grymetung
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Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león ... ꝥ ðá óðre deór þurh hyre grymetunge beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron, Hml. A. 63, 278. Láþlice grymetunga truculentos fremitus, An. Ox. 2388. Grymetunge rugitus (seueros ), 4378
ge-nyhtsumlíce
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Þǽr fleów wæter genihtsumlíce egressae sunt aquae largissimae, Num. 20, 11. sufficiently Beón þǽr bed genihtsumlíce ( sufficienter ) ofersprǽdde, R. Ben. 85, 22: R. Ben. I. 90, 7
sceóh
shy, timid, fearful: ⬩ wanton
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To scheowe heo beoð mid alle, þet fleoð nor ane peinture, þet þuncheð ham grislich uorto biholden, A. R. 242, 8-12, Schey or skey as hors, Prompt. Parv. 444, col. 2
hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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Ðá woldon óðre fugelas fleón tó ðam holde descenderunt volucres super cadavera, Gen. 15, 11. Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðar ðar hí hold geseóþ like greedy ravens, where they see a carcase, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 386, 3: L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 328, 5.
fleswian
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Another various reading is fleose-wade. For 'To mutter, whisper' substitute:
fill
death ⬩ destruction
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a fall from a higher to a lower point, or from an erect position Engel hét þæt treów ceorfan and þá wildeór onweg fleón . . . þonne his fyll cóme, Dan. 513. Fæll húses ruina domus, Mt. L. 7, 27. Faell, Lk. L. 6, 49.
friþ-stów
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Beó mín friðstów, and gedó mé hálne esto mihi in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias, 30, 3. in a technical sense, a place of safety for a criminal, an asylum, a sanctuary Hé sceal fleón tó ánra ðára ðreóra burga ðe tó friðstówe gesette sint ( the cities
fiþere
a wing ⬩ a wing
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., and add: a wing of a living creature Cumað egeslíce mycele deór . . . heora fyðera swégað swá swá wæteres dyne; hí fleód swiftlíce, Wlfst. 200, 15. Fiðerum alis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 55.
Úse
Ouse
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Of Úsan up on Wilbaldes fleót ... On Úsan; andlang Úsan (the charter refers to Northamptonshire). Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii, 454, 14-25. Landgemǽre æt Ollanége ... In on Úse;andlang Úse, 170, 22-31.
Linked entry: Wúse
Þór
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Fled (fleó?) þór (? þr, MS.) on fyrgen hæfde (fyrgenheáfde?), Lchdm. iii. 54, 17
Linked entry: þunor
mann-dreám
Human joy ⬩ joyous life among men ⬩ joyous noise
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Cain fág gewát mandreám fleón, Beo. Th. 2533; B. 1264. Lifde and lissa breác Malalehel mon-dreáma hér, Cd. 59; Th. 71, 26; Gen. 1176. Meodo heall monig ᛗ dreáma full, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 14; Ruin. 24. Hé ána hwearf mondreámum from, Beo.
á-dún
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Úre blód fleóð tó úrum fótum ádúne, Hml. S. 11, 191. Doppettan ádúne tó grunde, Hml. Th. ii. 516, 7
feorrian
depart
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Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7. Ic feorrode symle fleónde I fled always farther and farther away, Hml. S. 23 b, 510.
Linked entries: of-fearrian fearrian feorran