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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

flight2 act of fleeing. OE. *flyht = OS., OHG. fluht (Du. vlucht, G. flucht), ON. flótti, f. the base of FLEE.

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