flaught

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fflaght, fflyght, flaght, flaghte, flaȝt, flawght

Etymology

From either Old English *fleaht or Old Norse *flahtr (for later fláttr), from Proto-Germanic *flahtuz, from *flahaną (“to flay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaxt/, /ˈflau̯xt/

Noun

flaught (Northern, uncommon)

1. A snowflake; a piece of snow.
2. A bolt or arc of fire.
3. Turf or a piece of it.

Descendants

• English: flaught
• Scots: flaucht

References

• “flaught, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Noun

flaught (plural flaughts)

1. A flight.
2. A flapping.

Related terms

• flaughter