ætfleon

Old English

Etymology

From æt- +‎ flēon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ætˈfle͜oːn/

Verb

ætflēon

  1. to flee away, eschew; escape by flight
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Hī ferdon, þurh wissunge þǣs Hālgan Gāstes, tō ðām earde þe is ġehāten Persida, and þǣr ġemetton ðā tweġen drȳmen, Zaroen and Arfaxað, þe ætflugon ðām apostole Mathēō, of ðǣra Silhearwena lande...
      Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they went to the land known as Persia, and there encountered the two sorcerers Zaroen and Arfaxath, who had fled from the apostle Matthew in Ethiopia...

Conjugation

Conjugation of ætflēon (strong, class II)
infinitive ætflēon ætflēonne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ætflēo ætflēah
second person singular ætflīehst ætfluge
third person singular ætflīehþ ætflēah
plural ætflēoþ ætflugon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ætflēo ætfluge
plural ætflēon ætflugen
imperative
singular ætflēoh
plural ætflēoþ
participle present past
ætflēonde ætflogen

Descendants

  • Middle English: atflen

References

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