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fleám

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
fleám, flǽm, es; m. [fleón to flee]
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §335;
Flight; fŭga
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  • Ðæt eówer fleám on iwintra ne geweorþe

    ut non fiat fŭga vestra in hieme,

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 20: Chr. 998
      • ;
    • Erl. 135, 19.

  • Wurdon feówer on fleáme folccyningas

    four kings of nations were in flight,

    • Cd. 95
      • ;
    • Th. 125, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 2074: Chr. 477
      • ;
    • Erl. 12, 31: L. C. E. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 360, 29: Jos. 7, 4.

  • Nú sceal æðelingas gefricgean fleám eówerne

    now nobles shall hear of your flight,

    • Beo. Th. 5771
      • ;
    • B. 2889: Ps. Th. 141, 5: Ps. Spl. 88, 23.

  • Fleám gewyrcan

    to take to flight,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 9
      • ;
    • By. 81.

  • Efne ic feor gewíte, fleáme dǽle

    ecce elongāvi fŭgiens,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 7: Andr. Kmbl. 3087
      • ;
    • An. 1546.

  • Crist nolde ða þrówunge mid fleáme forbúgan

    Christ would not by flight avoid his passion,

    • Homl. Th. i. 206, 6: Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 114, 3
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 37.
Etymology
[
Laym. flæm, fleam, flem fight.
]
Linked entries
v.  flǽm.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fleám.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10891.

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  • fleám, n.

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