fley

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
    • 1860, James Phillips Kay, Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border:
      The Jack O'Lanthron was among the reeds again last night, and some of my neighbours are sore fleyed.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawją.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)

  1. (poetic) ship, boat

Declension

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    Declension of fley
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fley fleyið fley fleyin
accusative fley fleyið fley fleyin
dative fleyi fleyinu fleyjum fleyjunum
genitive fleys fleysins fleyja fleyjanna

Synonyms

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fley

  1. Alternative form of fle

Etymology 2

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Noun

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fley

  1. Alternative form of flye

Etymology 3

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Verb

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fley

  1. Alternative form of flien