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Old English · verb

fleotan

Normalised flēotan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈfle͜oː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈfle͜oː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
fleetfloat

Meaning

  1. to float

    cūðra cwidegiedda. · Ċearo bið ġenīwad

    Lives of floating don't bring there many known tales. Grief is renewed

    Flēotendra ferð · nō þǣr fela bringeð

Conjugation

Conjugation of fleotan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular flēoteflēat
2nd singular flīetstflute
3rd singular flīettflīetflēat
Plural flēotaþfluton
Subjunctive
Singular flēoteflute
Plural flēotenfluten
Non-finite forms of fleotan
Form
Infinitive flēotan
Inflected infinitive flēotenne
Imperative singular flēot
Imperative plural flēotaþ
Present participle flēotende
Past participle flotenġefloten

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, akin to German fließen, Old Saxon fliotan, Dutch vlieten and Old Norse fljóta.

Descendants

fleet

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