fysian

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfyː.si.ɑn/, [ˈfyː.zi.ɑn]

Verb

fȳsian

  1. to drive away, put to flight
    Ðæt oft on gefeohte ān fēseþ tyne
    One of the battery may need to flee, often ten times
    (Lupi Serm. i. 14; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 20.)
    Ðonne fȳsie hī man of earde
    let them then be driven from the country
    (Laws of Edward and Guthrum)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: feeze, feaze, faze, pheeze (through the Kentish form)
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