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
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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 -
to run away, run from, escape
Mid þē sind þā þing þe þū flīehst.
The things that you run from are with you.
-
to avoid
Conjugation
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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