"fleogan" meaning in Old English

See fleogan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfle͜oː.ɡɑn/, [ˈfle͜oː.ɣɑn]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fleugan}} Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*fleuganą}} Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*plewk-}} Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, {{cog|ofs|fliāga}} Old Frisian fliāga, {{cog|fy|fleane}} West Frisian fleane, {{cog|osx|fliogan}} Old Saxon fliogan, {{cog|nds|flegen}} Low German flegen, {{cog|odt|fliogan}} Old Dutch fliogan, {{cog|nl|vliegen}} Dutch vliegen, {{cog|goh|fliogan}} Old High German fliogan, {{cog|de|fliegen}} German fliegen, {{cog|non|fljúga}} Old Norse fljúga, {{cog|sv|flyga}} Swedish flyga, {{cog|lt|plaũkti||swim}} Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|flēogan}} flēogan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|flēogan<s2>}} Forms: flēogan [canonical], strong [table-tags], flēogan [infinitive], flēogenne [infinitive], flēoge [first-person, present, singular], flēag [first-person, past, singular], flēah [first-person, past, singular], flīeġst [present, second-person, singular], fluge [past, second-person, singular], flīeġþ [present, singular, third-person], flēag [past, singular, third-person], flēah [past, singular, third-person], flēogaþ [plural, present], flugon [past, plural], flēoge [present, singular], fluge [past, singular], flēogen [plural, present], flugen [past, plural], flēog [imperative, past, present, singular], flēoh [imperative, past, present, singular], flēogaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], flēogende [imperative, present], flogen [imperative, past], ġeflogen [imperative, past]
  1. to fly
    Sense id: en-fleogan-ang-verb-VbVz4JiY
  2. (figurative, by extension) to move quickly Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-fleogan-ang-verb-LVUEatP- Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 24 21 3 20 3 11 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flēgan, flēga Derived forms: beflēogan, flēoge Related terms: flyht, floga
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beflēogan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flēoge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "flien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: flien, fleȝhenn, flyyn, fleye, flye, fliȝe, flei, fley, flyen, fleen, flen\nEnglish: fly\nScots: fle\nYola: vlee",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: flien, fleȝhenn, flyyn, fleye, flye, fliȝe, flei, fley, flyen, fleen, flen\nEnglish: fly\nScots: fle\nYola: vlee"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fleugan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleugan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fleuganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fleuganą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plewk-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fliāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fliāga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "fleane"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian fleane",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "flegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German flegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "German fliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fljúga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fljúga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "flyga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish flyga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plaũkti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "swim"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.\nCognate 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”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "flēogan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēag",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flīeġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fluge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flīeġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēag",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flugon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fluge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flugen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēog",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeflogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flēogan"
      },
      "expansion": "flēogan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flēogan<s2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flyht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "floga"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nEfne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fly"
      ],
      "id": "en-fleogan-ang-verb-VbVz4JiY",
      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 24 21 3 20 3 11 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move quickly"
      ],
      "id": "en-fleogan-ang-verb-LVUEatP-",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) to move quickly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfle͜oː.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfle͜oː.ɣɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flēgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "flēga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleogan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Fish"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beflēogan"
    },
    {
      "word": "flēoge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "flien"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: flien, fleȝhenn, flyyn, fleye, flye, fliȝe, flei, fley, flyen, fleen, flen\nEnglish: fly\nScots: fle\nYola: vlee",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: flien, fleȝhenn, flyyn, fleye, flye, fliȝe, flei, fley, flyen, fleen, flen\nEnglish: fly\nScots: fle\nYola: vlee"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "*fleugan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleugan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fleuganą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fleuganą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*plewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plewk-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "fliāga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian fliāga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "fleane"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian fleane",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "flegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German flegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fliogan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fliogan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "fliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "German fliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fljúga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fljúga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "flyga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish flyga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "plaũkti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "swim"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.\nCognate 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flēogan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēag",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flīeġst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fluge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flīeġþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēag",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēah",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flugon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fluge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flugen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēog",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēoh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flēogende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeflogen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flēogan"
      },
      "expansion": "flēogan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "flēogan<s2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "flyht"
    },
    {
      "word": "floga"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nEfne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move quickly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) to move quickly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfle͜oː.ɡɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfle͜oː.ɣɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "flēgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "flēga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleogan"
}

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