flone

English

Alternative forms

• flane, flain (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”).

Noun

flone (plural flones)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) An arrow.

Related terms

• flo

Anagrams

• felon

Middle English

Noun

flone

1. Alternative form of flon