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# fleeth

verb, old form of «flees» (he, she, it)

«fleeth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«fleeth» means «flees», a form of «flee»: To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fleeth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he fleeth» = «he flees».

### Examples

- But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth; (Torah NUM.35.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fleeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: flees.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fleeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fleeth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fleeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/fleeth.html) on Mova free.