Old English · verb
ætfleon
Normalised ætflēon
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class II
- IPA
- /ætˈfle͜oːn/
- Syllables
- æt · ˈfle͜oːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- eschew
Meaning
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to flee away, eschew; escape by flight
Hī ferdon, þurh wissunge þǣs Hālgan Gāstes, tō ðām earde þe is ġehāten Persida, and þǣr ġemetton ðā tweġen drȳmen, Zaroen and Arfaxað, þe ætflugon ðām apostole Mathēō, of ðǣra Silhearwena lande...
Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they went to the land known as Persia, and there encountered the two sorcerers Zaroen and Arfaxath, who had fled from the apostle Matthew in Ethiopia...
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Conjugation
All forms (13)
Etymology
From æt- + flēon.
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