flet

Danish

Verb

flet

1. imperative of flette

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flɛ/

Noun

flet m (plural flets)

1. flounder (fish)

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Latin

Verb

flet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English flet, flett (“floor, ground; dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *flatjan (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flet/

Noun

flet (plural flets)

1. the floor, ground

   Cliued mi saule to þi flet. — Northern Verse Psalter, 1400

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400

3. A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield

   Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380

Descendants

• English flat

References

• Middle English Dictionary, flet

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Old English

Alternative forms

• fled, flett

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *flatjan (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flet/

Noun

flet n (nominative plural flet)

1. the floor, ground

   Heó on flet gecrong — She sank to the ground.

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe. — If the house be stained with blood.

Declension

    Declension of flet (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	flet	flet
accusative	flet	flet
genitive	fletes	fleta
dative	flete	fletum

Derived terms

• fletræst f. — couch
• fletsittend m. — sitter in hall, courtier, guest.
• fletwerod n. — hall-troop, body-guard

Descendants

• Middle English: flet
  • English flat

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Germanic *flutōnan (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”); compare Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”)

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• flete, fliet, flyte

Noun

flēt f (nominative plural flēta)

1. cream, skimming, curds

   Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. — Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

    Declension of flet (strong i-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	flēt	flēte, flēta
accusative	flēt, flēte	flēte, flēta
genitive	flēte	flēta
dative	flēte	flētum

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", flet et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), flet.

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /flɛt/

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Noun

flet m

1. flute (woodwind instrument)

Declension

    declension of flet

	singular	plural
nominative	flet	flety
genitive	fletu	fletów
dative	fletowi	fletom
accusative	flet	flety
instrumental	fletem	fletami
locative	flecie	fletach
vocative	flecie	flety