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flýma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
flýma, fléma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul
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  • Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan

    profăgus ĕris sŭper terram,

    • Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16.
  • He monigra geára tíde flýma wæs

    multo annōrum tempŏre profŭgus văgābātur,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 513, 3: Ps. Th. 77, 37.
  • Beó he sydðan flýma

    let him be henceforth a fugitive,

    • L. Ath. i. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 200, 10: i. 20
    • ;
    • Th. i. 210, 13, 14.
Derived forms
here-flýma
Linked entries
v.  fléma flíma.
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  • flýma, n.