Past tense of 'flee'; to run away quickly from danger or an unpleasant situation.
From Old English 'fleon,' related to German 'fliehen.' The word has Germanic roots meaning 'to hurry away' and has maintained its meaning of escape for over a thousand years.
The word 'fled' is the past tense of one of the oldest verbs in English—it comes from the same Germanic roots as the modern German word 'fliehen,' showing how this instinct to escape danger is built into the very language we speak.
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