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æt-fleón

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to escape, flee away
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  • Ðá óðre ætflugon,

      Hml. S. 25, 294: Chr. 1056; P. 186, 31.
  • Hé ofslóh þá þe ætfleón ne mihton, 1068 ; P. 203, 26.
  • Fleón hé mæg, ac hé ætfleón ne mæg. Ap. Th. 7, 5.
to escape from (dat. )
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  • Him nán þing ætfleón ne mæg,

      Hml. S. I. 44.
  • Wé rǽdaþ be þǽre león, ꝥ ðá óðre deór þe mihton hire ætfleón þurh heora fóta swiftnysse, ꝥ hí beóð swá áfyrhte ꝥ hí fleón ne durron,

      Hml. A. 63, 280.
to escape to (
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  • Hé tó scypum ætfleáh,

      Chr. 1076; P. 211, 28.
  • Ðá óðre ætflugon tó Philistéa lande,

      Hml. S. 25, 321.
  • Þén scip ætfleó tó hwilcre friðbyrig,

      Ll. Th. i. 286, I. Cf. oþ-fleón.
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