Tó-fleótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-fleótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 tó-fleótan

p. -fleát; pp. -floten To float in different directions, be dispersed by water, be carried away by water :-- Ða brycge ðe forneáh eall tóflotan wæs the bridge that was almost quite carried away, Chr. 1097 ; Erl. 24, 299. [Mid te fleotinde word tofleoteð þe heorte, so ꝥ longe þer efter ne mei heo beon ariht igedered togederes, A. R. 74, 29. Forstoppeð ouwer þouhtes, ase ȝe wulled ꝥ heo nout ne touleoten ȝeond te world, 72, 22. O. H. Ger. ze-fliozan defluere, liqui, fatiscere: Ger. zer-fliessen.] to-fleotan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚠᛚᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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