fleogan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.
Cognate with Old Frisian fliāga (West Frisian fleane), Old Saxon fliogan (Low German flegen), Old Dutch fliogan (Dutch vliegen), Old High German fliogan (German fliegen), Old Norse fljúga (Swedish flyga). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editflēogan
- to fly
- (figurative, by extension) to move quickly
Conjugation
editConjugation of flēogan (strong class 2)
infinitive | flēogan | flēogenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | flēoge | flēag, flēah |
second person singular | flīeġst | fluge |
third person singular | flīeġþ | flēag, flēah |
plural | flēogaþ | flugon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | flēoge | fluge |
plural | flēogen | flugen |
imperative | ||
singular | flēog, flēoh | |
plural | flēogaþ | |
participle | present | past |
flēogende | (ġe)flogen |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editScottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editfleog + -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).[1]
Noun
editfleogan m (genitive singular fleogain)
Synonyms
edit- (flounder): fleog, pacach-cearr, garbag, lèabag, lèabag-ghlas, leathag, leathag fìor-uisge
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fleogan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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- Old English lemmas
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- Old English class 2 strong verbs
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