FLEÓGE
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§320;
§404;
§562;
A FLY; musca
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Fleóge
masca,
- Wrt. Voc. 77, 53: 281, 33.
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For ðé ic gebidde and ðeós fleóge færþ fram ðé
ōrābo Dŏmĭnum et recēdet musca a Pharaōne,
- Ex. 8, 29.
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Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan
ut non sint ĭbi muscæ,
- 8, 22.
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Ic sende on ðé eall fleógena cynn
égo immittam in te omne gĕnus muscārum,
- 8, 21, 24.
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He adráf ða fleógan fram Pharaone
abstŭlit muscas a Pharaōne,
- 8, 31: Ps. Th. 89, 10.
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Hundes fleóge
a dog-fly; cynomya
=κυνόμυια
,- Ælfc. Gl. 21 ;
- Som. 59, 79 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 23, 37: 23 ;
- Som. 59, 119 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 23, 73: Ps. Spl. 104, 29.
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Hundes fleóge
rĭcĭnus,
- Ælfc. Gl. 21 ;
- Som. 59, 80 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 23. 38.
Etymology
Laym. fleȝen, fleie, pl. flies
: Plat. flege, f
: O. Sax. fliuga, f
: Dut. vlieg, f
: Ger. fliege, f
: M. H. Ger. vliege, f
: O. H. Ger. fliuga, fleoga, fliega, f
: Dan. flue, m. f
: Swed. Icel. fluga, f.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
flége.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FLEÓGE.” 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/10914.
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