[fleótan], st. v., to float upon the water, to swim: inf. nô he wiht fram me flôd-ýðum feor fleótan meahte. hraðor on helme, no whit, could he swim from me farther on the waves (regarded as instrumental, so that the waves marked the distance), more swiftly in the sea, [542]; pret. sægenga fleát fâmigheals forð ofer ýðe, floated away over the waves, [1910].

[fliht]. See [flyht].

[flitme]. See [un-flitme].

[flîtan], st. v., to exert one's self, to strive, to emulate: pres. part. flîtende fealwe stræte mearum mæton (rode a race), [917]; pret. sg. II. eart þu se Beówulf, se þe wið Brecan ... ymb sund flite, art thou the Beówulf who once contended with Breca for the prize in swimming? [507].

[ofer-flîtan], to surpass one in a contest, to conquer, to overcome: pret. w. acc. he þe ät sunde oferflât (overcome thee in a swimming-wager), [517].

ge-[flît], st. n., emulation: acc. sg. lêton on geflît faran fealwe mearas, let the fallow horses go in emulation, [866].

[floga], w. m., flyer; in the compounds: gûð-, lyft-, uht-, wîd-floga.

[flota] (see [fleótan]), w. m., float, ship, boat: nom. sg., [210], [218], [301]; acc. sg. flotan eówerne, [294].—Comp. wæg-flota.

[flot-here], st. m., fleet: instr. sg. cwom faran flotherge on Fresna land, [2916].

[flôd], st. m., flood, stream, sea-current: nom. sg., [545], [580], [1362], etc.; acc. sg. flôd, [3134]; ofer fealone flôd, [1951]; dat. sg. tô flôde, [1889]; gen. pl. flôda begong, the region of floods, i.e. the sea, [1498], [1827]; flôda genipu, [2809].