on-weg
Away, off.
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Onweg (áweg) fleon, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 15: Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 11. Onweg gewítan, Blickl. Homl. 117, 1. Onweg hweorfan, Beo. Th. 534; B. 264. Hé onweg ðanon feorhlástas bær, 1693; B. 844. with verbs of taking, removing, separating, etc.
nett
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Fleótas (-es, MS. ) tó nette aestuaria, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 9. Hwæþer gé nú settan eówer nett on dá héhstan dúne ðonne gé fiscian willað? ic wát ðeáh ꝥ gé hit þǽr ne settað.
myne
the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love
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Wæs him út myne fleón fealone streám they had a mind to escape, to flee the yellow stream, Andr. Kmbl. 3073; An. 1539. Gé holdlíce hyge staþeladon mid módes myne ( with full purpose of heart), Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 20; Cri. 1359.
earn
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Gif þú gesihst earn fleón wíf þín gegrípan, deáð getácnað, Lch. iii. 214, 11. Add
slídan
To slide, slip, fall ⬩ to slide, glide ⬩ to make a mistake, to fail, err ⬩ to fall into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away, be transitory or perishable
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Fleóg ðú wesan ealdor slídendes plegan (labentis ludi) Lchdm. i. Iviii, 2.
Linked entry: sliden
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Lyft is swýðe þynne, seó ofergǽþ ealne middangeard, and up ástíhþ forneán óþ ðone mónan, on ðam fleóþ fugelas ... Ne niihte heora nán fleón nǽre seó [ðæt MS. R.] lyft ðe hí byrþ. Ne nán man næfþ náne orþunge búton þurh ða lyfte [ðæt lyft MS.
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Ácsedon hwider hie fleón woldon ðæt hie óðer gener næfden búton hie on heóra wífa hrif gewiton quærentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 4. Lácnung on ðæt hrif tó sendanne to send medicine into the belly, L.
Linked entry: in-gehrif
stæþ
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On ðam staþe ðe is genemned Ypwines fleót, 449; Erl. 12, 2. Treówlícre hit is be staðe tó [swim]manne, ðonne út on sǽ tó seglanne, Prov. Kmbl. 64. On geofones staðe, Cd. Th. 215, 8; Exod. 580: Exon. Th. 361, 11; Wal. 18.
FRÉCNE
Horrible ⬩ savage ⬩ audacious ⬩ wicked ⬩ daring ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ dīrus ⬩ asper ⬩ austērus ⬩ atrox ⬩ audax ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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He sceal fleón ðone frécnan wlite ðises middaneardes he should avoid the dangerous splendour of this earth, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 20. On ða frécnan tíd tempŏre discrīmĭnis. Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 21.
Linked entries: frǽcne frǽcne ge-frécnod
irnan
To run
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Ðæt hí mǽgen iernan and fleón tó ðæs láreówes móde ut ad pastoris mentem recurrant, Past.16. 4; Swt. 103, 22. Hé sceal yman forþ he must run forth, Exon. 128 b ; Th. 494, 9 ; Rä. 82, 5. Seó [eá] is irnende of norþdǽle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 15.
mearu
Tender ⬩ soft ⬩ delicate
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Blód fleów of hire ðæm merwan líchoman, Shrn. 101, 22. Genim ðás wyrte swá mearwe take this plant as young and tender as possible, Herb. 89, 1; Lchdm. i. 192, 8, 12. Mearawa tenera, gracilia, Hpt. Gl. 457, 42.
Linked entry: myrwa
ríþ
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Ðǽr fleów of ðam flinte wæter ... ðæt hí druncon of ðære ánre ríþe, Num. 20, 11. Ríþe rivo, Hpt. Gl. 490, 30. On ða ríþe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 25. Óþ ða litlan ríþe, andlang ríþe ... tó ða ríþe, ðon andlang ríþe, 12, 15-21.
swǽtan
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Voc. ii. 139, 37. to sweat, send forth like sweat, to exude (of persons or things) Hí fleóþ and blóde hí swǽtaþ, Nar. 35, 33. Fýre swǽtaþ blácan líge they sweat fire and flame. Exon. Th. 385, 12; Rä. 4, 43.
Linked entry: swítan
ende-mes
together ⬩ coincidence ⬩ straightway ⬩ at once
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Þonne hig út farað tó ús, wé fleóð endemes, 8, 6. Cumað endemes tó mé gé ealle þe swincað venite ad me omnes qui laboratis, Hml. A. 10, 244. Hí cépton hwǽr hé mæssode, and urnon endemes tó, and hine gelæhton, Hml.
sumer-lida
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A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving
HÝDAN
To HIDE ⬩ conceal
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Fleóþ ðonne tó muntum and hié hýdaþ for ðara engla onsýne, Blickl. Homl. 93, 26: Past. 15, 1; Swt. 89, 15. Ic on mínre heortan hýdde in corde meo abscondi, Ps. Th. 118, 11: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 109; Met. 29, 55.
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Gif mon hine (gagates) on fýr déþ, ðonne fleóþ ðǽr neddran onweg, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 25. Nædrena draconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 71. Næddrena áttor venenum aspidum, Deut. 32, 33. Lá næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn progenies viperarum, Mt.
willan
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<b>II a</b> I. of a natural operation in the case of an, animal or thing :-- Fleót ꝥ Án cú wearð gebróht tó ðám temple . . . ; ðá wolde heó cealfian . . . ac heó eánode lamb, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 34. <b>II d.
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Hwider mæg ic nú leng fleón quo enim nunc fuciam? Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 27. Swaðer uncer leng wǽre [lifede, 38] which of us two lived the longer, Chart. Th. 485, 29. Ðænne ðú lenge ne móst lífes brúcan, Dóm. L. 32, 61. Lencg, Lk. Skt. 16, 2.
myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Mynte se mǽra hwǽr hé meahte ðanon fleón the mighty one designed (to get) where he could flee thence, Beo. Th. 1528; B. 762. [Cf. Prompt.Parv. myntyn or amyn towarde attempto.]