fley
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English fleien, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English flēgan.
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: flay
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Verb
fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)
- (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.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawją.
Pronunciation
Noun
fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)
Declension
declension of fley
Synonyms
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English flēa.
Noun
fley
- Alternative form of fle
Etymology 2
From Old English flȳġe.
Noun
fley
- Alternative form of flye
Etymology 3
From Old English flēogan.
Verb
fley
- Alternative form of flien
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