flien
Middle English
/ˈfliː(ə)n/
verb
Definitions
- To fly; to travel in the air.
- (used of clouds, stars, etc.) To move in the sky.
- To travel with alacrity or haste; to rush.
- To shoot or burst; to move rapidly.
- To fall or sink; to move rapidly down.
- (figurative) To proliferate; to be disseminated.
- (rare) To attack one's quarry or prey.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flēogan (fly) inherited from *fleugan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (fly).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fleuganą
Gloss
fly
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *plew-k- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *flaugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fleugandz Proto-Germanic
- *fleuganą Proto-Germanic
- befleogan Old English
- fleogan Old English
- fleogenda Old English
- flēogan Old English
- fljúga Old Norse
- fliogan Old High German
- *fleugan gmw-pro
- fliegan Old Dutch
- fliogan Old Saxon
- fliaga Old Frisian
- fliāga Old Frisian