fleard

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flērdą, *flērdō (“vanity, wandering, deceit”). Cognate with Old Norse flǣrd (“fraud, deceit”), Icelandic flærð (“deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”).

Noun

fleard n

1. fraud, deceit, trickery, deception
2. folly, nonsense
3. vanity
4. superstition

Declension

    Declension of fleard (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fleard	fleard
accusative	fleard	fleard
genitive	fleardes	flearda
dative	flearde	fleardum

Synonyms

• ġefleard

Derived terms

• fleardere

Related terms

• fleardian

Descendants

• Middle English: flerd, flærd
• Scots: flird
• English: flird, flirt