fleon

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to flee
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- ...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym.


 * 1) to run away, run from, escape
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- God ne ēht nānre wihte, for þȳ hine nān wiht ne mæġ flēon.


 * 1) to avoid

Usage notes

 * In the sense of fleeing or running from something, fleon was usually used transitively without a preposition, as in hē flēah þone beran (literally "he fled the bear"). However, uses with fram ("from") are occasionally attested.