Participles
| Present | flēogende |
| Past | (ġe)flogen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | flēoge |
| 2nd sing. | flīeġst |
| 3rd sing. | flīeġþ |
| 1st plur. | flēogaþ |
| 2nd plur. | flēogaþ |
| 3rd plur. | flēogaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | flēag; flēah |
| 2nd sing. | fluge |
| 3rd sing. | flēag; flēah |
| 1st plur. | flugon |
| 2nd plur. | flugon |
| 3rd plur. | flugon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | flēoge |
| 2nd sing. | flēoge |
| 3rd sing. | flēoge |
| 1st plur. | flēogen |
| 2nd plur. | flēogen |
| 3rd plur. | flēogen |
Past
| 1st sing. | fluge |
| 2nd sing. | fluge |
| 3rd sing. | fluge |
| 1st plur. | flugen |
| 2nd plur. | flugen |
| 3rd plur. | flugen |
Imperative
| Singular | flēog; flēoh |
| Plural | flēogaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'fleogan'
fleogan,
Verbs similar to 'fleogan'
feogan,
fleotan,
freogan,
leogan,
alecgan,
befleogan,
beleogan,
cleofan,
dreogan,
fegan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *fleugan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian fliāga (West Frisian fleane), Old Saxon fliogan (Low German flegen), Old Dutch fliogan (Dutch vliegen), Old High German fliogan (German fliegen), Old Norse fljúga (Swedish flyga). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian plaũkti (“swim”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*fleuganą', Old Saxon '
fliogan', Low Saxon 'flegen', Dutch '
vliegen', Old High German 'fliogan', German, old spelling '
fliegen', Swedish '
flyga'.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Efne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne... (Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...)
Cognates
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