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tó-fleótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tó-fleótan, p. -fleát; pp. -floten
To float in different directions, be dispersed by water, be carried away by water
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  • Ða brycge ðe forneáh eall tóflotan wæs

    the bridge that was almost quite carried away,

      Chr. 1097 ; Erl. 24, 299.
Etymology
[Mid te fleotinde word tofleoteð þe heorte, so ꝥ longe þer efter ne mei heo beon ariht igedered togederes, A. R. 74, 29. Forstoppeð ouwer þouhtes, ase ȝe wulled ꝥ heo nout ne touleoten ȝeond te world, 72, 22. O. H. Ger. ze-fliozan defluere, liqui, fatiscere: Ger. zer-fliessen.]
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v.  fleótan.
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