fleon
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną. Cognate with Old Frisian fliā, Old Saxon fliohan, Old Dutch flian, Old High German fliohan, Old Norse flýja, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
flēon
- to run away, run from, escape
- Mid þē sind þā þing þe þū flīehst.
- The things that you run from are with you.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- God ne ēht nānre wihte, for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon.
- God doesn't chase anything, because nothing can run from him.
- to avoid
Usage notes edit
- In the sense of fleeing or running from something, fleon was generally not used with prepositions meaning "from", as in *hē flēah fram þǣm beran ("he fled from the bear"). It was instead used transitively, as in hē flēah þone beran (literally "he fled the bear").
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of flēon (strong class 2)
infinitive | flēon | flēonne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | flēo | flēah |
second person singular | flīehst | fluge |
third person singular | flīehþ | flēah |
plural | flēoþ | flugon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | flēo | fluge |
plural | flēon | flugen |
imperative | ||
singular | flēoh | |
plural | flēoþ | |
participle | present | past |
flēonde | (ġe)flogen |