fley

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: flā, IPA(key): /fleɪ/
  • Homophone: flay
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
    • 1860, James Phillips Kay, Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border:
      The Jack O'Lanthron was among the reeds again last night, and some of my neighbours are sore fleyed.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fleiː/
  • Rhymes: -eiː

Noun

fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)

  1. (poetic) ship, boat
    Synonyms: bátur, skip, gnoð

Declension

Declension of fley (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fley fleyið fley fleyin
accusative fley fleyið fley fleyin
dative fleyi fleyinu fleyjum fleyjunum
genitive fleys fleysins fleyja fleyjanna

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

fley

  1. alternative form of fle

Etymology 2

Noun

fley

  1. alternative form of flye

Etymology 3

Verb

fley

  1. alternative form of flien
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