Old English · noun
fleah
Normalised flēah
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /flæ͜ɑːx/
- Syllables
- flæ͜ɑːx (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- flea
fleah1 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
flea
Declension · strong a-stem
fleah2 · verb · inflected form
Senses
-
first/third-person singular preterite indicative of flēogan
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first/third-person singular preterite indicative of flēon
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Inflected form of flēogan
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- (“flea”). Cognate with Old High German flōh, Old Norse fló.
Descendants
flea
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