Old English · verb

fleogan

Normalised flēogan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: strong class II
IPA: /ˈfle͜oː.ɡɑn/
[ˈfle͜oː.ɣɑn]
Syllables: ˈfle͜oː · ɡɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: fly

Meaning

to fly

Efne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne...

Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
to move quickly

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleogan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	flēoge	flēag flēah
2nd singular	flīeġst	fluge
3rd singular	flīeġþ	flēag flēah
Plural	flēogaþ	flugon
Subjunctive
Singular	flēoge	fluge
Plural	flēogen	flugen

Non-finite forms of fleogan
	Form
Infinitive	flēogan
Inflected infinitive	flēogenne
Imperative singular	flēog flēoh
Imperative plural	flēogaþ
Present participle	flēogende
Past participle	flogen ġeflogen

All forms (17)

flēoge
flēag
flēah
flīeġst
fluge
flīeġþ
flēogaþ
flugon
flēogen
flugen
flēogan
flēogenne
flēog
flēoh
flēogende
flogen
ġeflogen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-. Cognate with Old Frisian fliāga (West Frisian fleane), Old Saxon fliogan (Low German flegen), Old Dutch fliogan (Dutch vliegen), Old High German fliogan (German fliegen), Old Norse fljúga (Swedish flyga). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”).

Descendants

fly

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