- fleon
- flee from, avoid
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fléon — fléon1 sv/t2 3rd pres flíehð past fléah/flugon ptp geflogen to fly from, flee, avoid, escape; put to flight; fly … Old to modern English dictionary
oþfléon — sv/t2 3rd pres oþflíehþ past oþfléah/oþflugon ptp oþflogen w.d. to flee away, escape … Old to modern English dictionary
avoid — fleon … English to the Old English
flee from — fleon … English to the Old English
fly — {{11}}fly (adj.) slang, clever, alert, wide awake, late 18c., perhaps from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a… … Etymology dictionary
Fled — Flee Flee (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled} (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[ o]n (imperf. fle[ a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flee — (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled} (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[ o]n (imperf. fle[ a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fleeing — Flee Flee (fl[=e]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled} (fl[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle[ o]n (imperf. fle[ a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl[=y]ja (imperf. fl[=y][eth]i), Dan. flye, Sw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flee — verb (fled; fleeing) Etymology: Middle English flen, from Old English flēon; akin to Old High German fliohan to flee Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to run away often from danger or evil ; fly b. to hurry toward a place of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
flight — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flyht; akin to Middle Dutch vlucht flight, Old English flēogan to fly Date: before 12th century 1. a. an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings … New Collegiate Dictionary
