Ge-flíman

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-flíman

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-flíman

Take here ge-nǽman, -fléman, -fliéman, -flýman in Dict., and add: (1) to put to flight a defeated enemy :-- Þá Gotan hié mid gefeohte gefliémdon victo exercitu, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 25. Hé gefeaht wiþ Gotan and gefliémed wearð, and bedrifen on ánne tún, S. 292, I. Grendel wérigmód on weg þanon . . . fǽge and geflýmed feórlastas bær, B. 846. (l a) of spiritual foes :-- Þú scealt wið feónda gehwæne healdan sáuwle þíne ; á hí winnað . . . Þú miht hý geflýman, Dóm. L. 32, 67. Geflémede sié diúblas fugantur demones, Rtl. 145, 14. (2) to put to flight, chase an animal :-- Hǽðstapa hundum geswenced, heorot . . . feorran geflýmed, B. 1370. (3) to drive away inanimate objects :-- Hé hafaþ ealle þíne þeóstro mid his beorhtnesse geflémed, Bl. H. 85, 22. ge-fliman

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