fleogan
Old English
Alternative forms
- flēgan, flēga
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): /ˈfle͜oː.ɡɑn/, [ˈfle͜oː.ɣɑn]
- Rhymes: -e͜oː.ɡɑn
Verb
flēogan
- to fly
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Efne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne...
- Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- (figurative, by extension) to move quickly
Conjugation
Conjugation of flēogan (strong, class II)
| 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
Related terms
Descendants
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
fleog + -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).[1]
Noun
fleogan m (genitive singular fleogain)
Synonyms
- (flounder): fleog, pacach-cearr, garbag, lèabag, lèabag-ghlas, leathag, leathag fìor-uisge
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “fleogan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN