flee

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 330 words | Copyright

flee pt. and pp. fled. OE. str. vb. flēon = OS. fliohan (MDu. vlīen, Du. vlieden), OHG. fliohan (G. fliehen), ON. flý(j)a, Goth. þliuhan. the str. forms continued till XV; but wk. forms occur as early as XIII. Flee and fly in OE. had identical pt. and pp., and in later usage became interchangeable in sense.

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