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fleece of a sheep
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  • Swá miclum sníwde swelce micel flýs feóll

    cadere in modum uellerum immense ceperunt nines,

    • Nar. 23, 13
      • .

  • Flýs

    uellera,

    • An. Ox. 5192
      • .

  • Flýss,

    • 5207.

  • Uullan fliásum,

    • Txts. 150, 3
      • .
used of other animals
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  • Twégen seólas mid heora flýse his fét drýgdon,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 138, 12
      • .
wool, down
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  • Flýse

    lanugine,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 64
      • .
what resembles, or serves the purpose of, a fleece
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  • Hié of sunnan treówcynne and of his leáfum and of his flýse þæs treówes spurmon and tó godewebbe wǽfon

    foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt,

    • Nar. 6, 17
      • .
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v. wull-fleós (-flýs).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “flís.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45239.

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