fley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan.
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Verb edit
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.
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Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawją.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)
Declension edit
declension of fley
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Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fley
- Alternative form of fle
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
fley
- Alternative form of flye
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
fley
- Alternative form of flien