flone

English

Alternative forms

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.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

flone

  1. alternative form of flon
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