FLEÓGE

Old English Dictionary Entry

FLEÓGE

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

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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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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