fleen

English

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fleen

1. (archaic or UK dialectal) plural of flea

Anagrams

• elfen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸliːn/

Noun

fleen

1. fleas

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40