Flotian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

flotian

part. flotigende; p. ode; pp. od [floten, pp. of fleótan to float] To float; fluitāre :-- Beó án scip flotigende swá néh ðan lande swá hit nýxt mǽge let a ship be floating as near the land as it nearest can, Chr. 1031; Erl. 162, 6. flotian