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fleógan

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§111; §137; §189; §295; §320; §323; §476; §493;
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to fly with wings (lit. or metaph.)
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  • Né ic fleóge

    non trano,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 49
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  • Hwelc seleð mé fíðru swé swé culfran and ic flígu

    (volabo),

    • Ps. Srt. 54, 7
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  • Hé ástág on þone torr, and áþenedum earmum ongan fleógan on þá lyfte,

    • Bl. H. 187, 28
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  • Hé geseah hine fleógendne,

    • 189, l.

    Hé symble mid his móde wæs fleógende (flégende, v.l.) þá heofonlican tó lufianne

    ad caelestia semper amanda peruolans.

    • Bd. 2, 7
    • ;
    • Sch. 139, ii
    • .
of other (rapid) movement
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  • Ýfies seáw þæs þe be eorþan flíhð

    that runs along the ground,

    • Lch. ii. 40, 27
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  • Hé eóde tó þǽre burge wealle, and fleáh út ofer

    (he threw himself over),

    þæt hé eall tóbærst,

    • Ors. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 244, 3
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  • Flugon þá légetu swylce fýrene strǽlas,

    • Bl. H. 203, 9
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  • Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá . . . gif hió healf onweg fleóge,

    • LI. Th. i. 98, 9
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to flee.
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[v. fleón.]
lit.
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  • Þ man gingran mann ne slóge . . . búton hé hine werian wolde oþþe fleóge,

    • Ll. Th. i. 240
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to avoid, refrain from
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  • Por and cawel sind tó fleóganne,

    • Lch. ii. 26, 19
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to cause to move (?), put to flight.
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Cf. fleón, III:
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  • Se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan (flecgan, MS. )

    pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam,

    • Dom. L. 110
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v. tó-fleógan.
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