fleten
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English flēotan, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfleːtən/
Verb
fleten
- To go or change position; to experience movement:
- To float; to stay buoyant on the surface of a liquid.
- To move or propel oneself in or on the water; to swim.
- To move on a vessel or raft across water; to be conveyed over a liquid.
- To stream or flow; to move smoothly as a liquid or fluid.
- (Late Middle English) To spread or propel throughout the air.
- (rare) To drag on the ground (used of clothing)
- (rare) To fly; to move across the sky.
- To wander around; to have no direction or consistency.
- To be ephemeral, fleeting, or temporary; to lack permanence.
- (Late Middle English) To remove scum or cream from a fluid.
- (rare) To have something in great or excessive quantity
- (rare) To lack restraint in speech; to describe excessively.
Usage notes
Strong forms are mainly found in Early Middle English.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fleten (irregular weak/strong class 2)
infinitive | (to) fleten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | flete | flet, flette, fleted |
2nd person singular | fletest | flet, flette, fleted, |
3rd person singular | fleteþ, fleteth | flet, flette, fleted |
plural | fleten | fluten, flete(n), fleted(en) |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | flete | *flute, *flette, *fletede |
plural | fleten | fluten, flete(n), fleted(en) |
imperative | present | |
singular | flete | |
plural | fleteþ, fleteth | |
participle | present | past |
fletende, fletinge | (y)flote(n), flette, fleted |
Related terms
- flete (all ME senses)
References
- “flẹ̄ten (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.
- “flẹ̄ten (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-05.
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