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floterian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to be tossed on the waves
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  • Flotorode

    fertur fluctibus.

    • Germ. 400, 492
    • .
to flutter, make short, quick flights
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  • Flotorodon

    praeuolant,

    • 499.
to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement
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  • Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon

    he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another,

    • Hml. S. 23, 655
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  • Hí cómon mid floteriendum eágum for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse,

    • 23, 153
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