flet

Alternative formsEdit

• flette (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *plad- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“vessel”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.

NounEdit

flet (plural flets)

1. (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface.
2. (rare or dialectal) A house; home.

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VerbEdit

flet

1. imperative of flette

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /flɛ/

NounEdit

flet m (plural flets)

1. flounder (fish)

External linksEdit

• “flet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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VerbEdit

flet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fleō

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /flet/

NounEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

• English flat

ReferencesEdit

• Middle English Dictionary, flet

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Alternative formsEdit

• fled, flett

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /flet/

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English: flet
  • English flat

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• flete, fliet, flyte

NounEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

• 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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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /flɛt/

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NounEdit

flet m

1. flute (woodwind instrument)

DeclensionEdit