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FLEÓGE

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1 FLEÓGE

f. A FLY; musca :-- Fleóge masca, Wrt. Voc. 77, 53: 281, 33. For ðé ic gebidde and ðeós fleóge færþ fram ðé ōrābo Dŏmĭnum et recēdet musca a Pharaōne, Ex. 8, 29. Ðæt ðǽr ne beóþ náne fleógan ut non sint ĭbi muscæ, 8, 22. Ic sende on ðé eall fleógena cynn égo immittam in te omne gĕnus muscārum, 8, 21, 24. He adráf ða fleógan fram Pharaone abstŭlit muscas a Pharaōne, 8, 31: Ps. Th. 89, 10. Hundes fleóge a dog-fly; cynomya = GREEK , Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 79; Wrt. Voc. 23, 37: 23; Som. 59, 119; Wrt. Voc. 23, 73: Ps. Spl. 104, 29. Hundes fleóge rĭcĭnus, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 80; Wrt. Voc. 23. 38. [Laym. fleȝen, fleie, pl. flies: Plat. flege, f: O. Sax. fliuga, f: Dut. vlieg, f: Ger. fliege, f: M. H. Ger. vliege, f: O. H. Ger. fliuga, fleoga, fliega, f: Dan. flue, m. f: Swed. Icel. fluga, f.] DER. buttor-fleóge. fleoge
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Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᛖᚩᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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