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for-fleón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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To flee away
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  • Forfleáh

    aufugit,

    • An. Ox. 4992
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  • Þæt forfleó nǽddre feor

    ut fugiat gorgon eminus,

    • Hpt. 31, 11, 241
      • .

  • Gif ǽnig wǽre þe fyrfluge þe on ðǽm gefeohte wæs

    si quis e praelio cedere moliretur,

    • Ors. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 52, 34
      • .
trans.
where there is movement.
to flee from a person or place
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  • Forfleáh Hélias þæt fracode wíf út tó ánum wéstene,

    • Hml. S. 18, 160
      • .
to flee from danger
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  • Hé

    (Jacob)

    forfleáh ðá frecenfullan þeówracan þe his bróþor gecwæð,

    • Hml. S. 11, 178
      • .

  • Hé mé sirwde tó ofsleánne. Mid þám þe ic ꝥ forfleáh, þá wearð ic on sǽ forliden,

    • Ap. Th. 24, 16
      • .
to get free from unfavourable conditions, escape from difficulty
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  • Forflióh[ð]

    effugiet (justus de angustia),

    • Kent. Gl. 408
      • .
to avoid being reached or overtaken by, escape a pursuer
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  • Nán man Godes mihte ne forflíhð on nánum heolstrum heofenan oþþe eorðan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30
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to avoid intercourse with a person, keep out of the way of
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  • Hí God lybbende forfleóð

    Deum uiuendo refugiunt,

    • Scint. 152, 13
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  • Þíne deórlingas þé sylfne forfleóð,

    • Hml. S. 23, 148.

  • Cæsterwara heápas forfleónde

    ciuium turmas fugiens,

    • Hy. S. 103, 25
      • .
to avoid a state or condition, avoid suffering
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  • Hé forfleáh þone woruldlican wurðmynt . . .; ac hé ne forfleáh ná þæt edwít,

    • Hml. Th. i. 162, 10-12
      • :
    • ii. 546, 16
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  • Hí forflugon woruldmanna gesihðe and herunge,

    • i. 544, 29.

  • Ná for ðí hé deáð forfluge,

    • 82, 27.

  • Hí forfleón móston þǽra árleásra éhtnysse,

    • Hml. A. 72, 174.
with acc. And infin.:
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  • Forfleóh wesan ealdor

    fugeas fore corcula,

    • Hpt. 31, 4, 6
      • .
to avoid action, abstain from doing
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  • Hí forflugon ꝥ deófolgild,

    • Hml. S. 28, 31
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  • Gif hé ꝥ ordál forfleó,

    • Ll. Th. i. 296, 5
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  • Þæt þá unstrangan heora þeówdóm ne forfleón

    (refugeant),

    • R. Ben. 121, 24
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  • Uton ǽlc yfel forfleón and gód gefremman,

    • Hml. Th. i. 602, 29
      • :
    • Wlfst. 115, 8
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Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. fer*-*fliohan effugere.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-fleón.” 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/45672.

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