anfloga
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ān (“lone”) + floga (“flyer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ānfloga m
- (poetic) Solitary flyer, lone fugitive, attacking flyer, approaching flyer (exact meaning debated)
- The Seafarer, lines 62-64:
- ... || gielleð anfloga / hweteð on hwælweg || hreþer unwearnum / ofer holma gelagu ...
- The lone-flyer yells, and whets the undefended heart for the whale-way, across the ocean's water.
- The Seafarer, lines 62-64: