† afleev.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and flee v.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irfliohan to flee, to escape < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of flee v.In Old English a strong verb of Class II. In Middle English and early modern English attested only in past participle forms, which could alternatively be interpreted as showing variants of iflowe , ifledde , etc., past participles of flee v.; compare a- prefix².

Obsolete.

intransitive. To flee, run away. Also figurative. In later use chiefly in past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee

fleec825

afleeeOE

atrina1000

atfleec1000

to run awayOE

to turn to or into flighta1225

to turn the ridgec1225

atrenc1275

atshakec1275

to give backa1300

flemec1300

startc1330

to take (on oneself) the flighta1500

to take the back upon oneselfa1500

fly1523

to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530

to flee one's way1535

to take to one's heels1548

flought?1567

fuge1573

to turn taila1586

to run off1628

to take flighta1639

refugea1641

to run for it1642

to take leg1740

to give (also take) leg-bail1751

bail1775

sherry1788

to pull foot1792

fugitate1830

to tail off (out)1830

to take to flight1840

to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845

guy1879

to give leg (or legs)1883

rabbit1887

to do a guy1889

high-tail1908

to have it on one's toes1958

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) v. xi. 125 Hie ealle ut aflugon [OE Tiber. flugon] on Creca lond æfter Sillan & æfter Pompeiuse.

OE Guthlac A 504 Þeodum ywaþ wisdom weras, wlencu forleosað, siððan geoguðe geað gæst aflihð.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxvii. 254 Se arwyrða mæssepreost..cwæð, þæt he [sc. the prisoner] wære on niht onweg aflogen.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 9519 Þe king was afloȝe [c1275 Calig. ifloȝen].

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3132 Þe Sarsyns..were a-floȝen grete & smalle.

c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 177 (MED) Þe kyng forsok al hys ydolatry &..sente vor þe byschopes þat were a flowe [a1387 St. John's Cambr. i-flowe] & broȝte ham aȝe to here byschopryches.

?1516 T. More Mery Gest He thought hym well a flede.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aflee
释义	† afleev. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and flee v. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irfliohan to flee, to escape < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of flee v.In Old English a strong verb of Class II. In Middle English and early modern English attested only in past participle forms, which could alternatively be interpreted as showing variants of iflowe , ifledde , etc., past participles of flee v.; compare a- prefix². Obsolete. intransitive. To flee, run away. Also figurative. In later use chiefly in past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee fleec825 afleeeOE atrina1000 atfleec1000 to run awayOE to turn to or into flighta1225 to turn the ridgec1225 atrenc1275 atshakec1275 to give backa1300 flemec1300 startc1330 to take (on oneself) the flighta1500 to take the back upon oneselfa1500 fly1523 to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530 to flee one's way1535 to take to one's heels1548 flought?1567 fuge1573 to turn taila1586 to run off1628 to take flighta1639 refugea1641 to run for it1642 to take leg1740 to give (also take) leg-bail1751 bail1775 sherry1788 to pull foot1792 fugitate1830 to tail off (out)1830 to take to flight1840 to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845 guy1879 to give leg (or legs)1883 rabbit1887 to do a guy1889 high-tail1908 to have it on one's toes1958 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) v. xi. 125 Hie ealle ut aflugon [OE Tiber. flugon] on Creca lond æfter Sillan & æfter Pompeiuse. OE Guthlac A 504 Þeodum ywaþ wisdom weras, wlencu forleosað, siððan geoguðe geað gæst aflihð. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxvii. 254 Se arwyrða mæssepreost..cwæð, þæt he [sc. the prisoner] wære on niht onweg aflogen. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 9519 Þe king was afloȝe [c1275 Calig. ifloȝen]. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3132 Þe Sarsyns..were a-floȝen grete & smalle. c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 177 (MED) Þe kyng forsok al hys ydolatry &..sente vor þe byschopes þat were a flowe [a1387 St. John's Cambr. i-flowe] & broȝte ham aȝe to here byschopryches. ?1516 T. More Mery Gest He thought hym well a flede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.eOE
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