fleogan

Old English

Alternative forms

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

  1. to fly
  2. (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

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

fleog +‎ -an, related to fleoidhte (“flabby, flaccid”).[1]

Noun

fleogan m (genitive singular fleogain)

  1. untidy person
  2. flabby person
  3. any flatfish
  4. sole (fish)
  5. fluke
  6. flounder

Synonyms
  • (flounder): fleog, pacach-cearr, garbag, lèabag, lèabag-ghlas, leathag, leathag fìor-uisge

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fleogan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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