Floterian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - floterian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

floterian
Add: (1) to be tossed on the waves :-- Flotorode fertur fluctibus. Germ. 400, 492. (2) to flutter, make short, quick flights :-- Flotorodon praeuolant, 499. (3) to move (intrans.) restlessly with excitement :-- Him wæs swá uneáðe, and þá eágan floterodon he was ill at ease, and his eyes moved restlessly from one to another, Hml. S. 23, 655. Hí cómon mid floteriendum eágum for ðǽre micclan angsumnysse,23, 153. floterian
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