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]
Verb
flēogan
- to fly
- (figurative, by extension) to move quickly
Conjugation
Conjugation of flēogan (strong class 2)
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
- beflēogan
- flēoge
Related terms
- flyht
- floga
Descendants
- Middle English: flien, fleȝhenn, flyyn, fleye, flye, fliȝe, flei, fley, flyen, fleen, flen
- English: fly
- Scots: fle
- Yola: vlee
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
fleog + -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).[1]
Noun
fleogan m (genitive singular fleogain)
- untidy person
- flabby person
- any flatfish
- sole (fish)
- fluke
- flounder
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, Stirling, →ISBN