- oþfléogan
- sv/i2 3rd pres oþflíehþ past oþfléag/oþflugon ptp oþflogen to fly away
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
oþfléogan
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fléogan — fléogan1 sv/i2 3rd sing flíehð past fléag/flugon ptp is geflogen to fly; flee, take to flight … Old to modern English dictionary
fleogan — fly … The Old English to English
fly — fleogan … English to the Old English
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fly — fly1 [flī] vi. FLEW or, for vi. 10, flied, flown or, for vi. 10, flied, flying, flew [ME flien, flegen < OE fleogan, akin to MDu vlegen, Ger fliegen < IE * pleuk < base * pleu : see FLOW] 1. to move through the air; specif., a) … English World dictionary
flèche — noun Etymology: French, literally, arrow, from Old French fleche, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch vlieke arrow, Old English flēogan to fly Date: 1848 spire; especially a slender spire above the intersection of the nave and transepts of a … New Collegiate Dictionary
fledge — verb (fledged; fledging) Etymology: fledge capable of flying, from Middle English flegge, from Old English flycge; akin to Old High German flucki capable of flying, Old English flēogan to fly more at fly Date: 1566 intransitive verb of a young… … New Collegiate Dictionary
flight — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to Middle Dutch vlucht flight, Old English flēogan to fly Date: before 12th century 1. a. an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings … New Collegiate Dictionary
