fliete
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ. Cognate with Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”). Ultimately cognate with Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flīete f (nominative plural flīetan)
- cream, skimming, curds
- Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. ― Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.
Declension edit
Declension of fliete (weak)
References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “flīete”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “flet”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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