flett

• fled, flet

From Proto-West Germanic *flatti, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”).

• IPA^(key): /flett/, [flet]

flett n (nominative plural flett)

1. the floor, ground

   Heó on flett gecrong.

   She sank to the ground.

2. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

   Gif ðæt flett geblódgad wyrþe.

   If the house be stained with blood.

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: flet
  • English: flet

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “flett”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “flett”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.