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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, akin to German fließen, Old Saxon fliotan, Dutch vlieten and Old Norse fljóta.
Pronunciation
Verb
flēotan
- to float
10th century, The Wanderer:Flēotendra ferð · nō þǣr fela bringeð
cūðra cwidegiedda. · Ċearo bið ġenīwad- Lifes of floating don't bring there
many known tales. Grief is renewed
Conjugation
Descendants