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Old English · verb

fleon

Normalised flēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/fle͜oːn/
Syllables
fle͜oːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
fleeavoid

Meaning

  1. to flee

    ...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym.

    ...but do Thou receive me now, Thine own servant, for I am fleeing from them.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. to run away, run from, escape

    Mid þē sind þā þing þe þū flīehst.

    The things that you run from are with you.

  3. to avoid

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular flēoflēah
2nd singular flīehstfluge
3rd singular flīehþflēah
Plural flēoþflugon
Subjunctive
Singular flēofluge
Plural flēonflugen
Non-finite forms of fleon
Form
Infinitive flēon
Inflected infinitive flēonne
Imperative singular flēoh
Imperative plural flēoþ
Present participle flēonde
Past participle flogenġeflogen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną. Cognate with Old Frisian fliā, Old Saxon fliohan, Old Dutch flian, Old High German fliohan, Old Norse flýja, Gothic (þliuhan).

Descendants

flee

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