FLEÓT
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
a place where vessels float, a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river, a river, stream; hence the names of places, as Northfleet, Soulhfleet, Kent; and in London, Fleetditch; sĭnus, æstuārium, rīvus
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Se Abbod Petrus wæs besenced on sumne sǽs fleót, se wæs háten Am-fleót
abbas Petrus demersus est in sĭnu măris, qui vŏcātur Amfleat,
- Bd. 1, 33 ;
- S. 499, 6, note.
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Fleót
æstuārium,
- Cot. 14.
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Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd
the country of Spain is all encompassed with water,
- Ors. 1, 1 ;
- Bos. 24, 3.
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Fleótas
æstuāria,
- Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt. Voc. 63, 69.
a raft, ship, vessel; rătis, nāvis
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Ic gebycge bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroþe
I buy a boat on the sea, a vessel on the ocean,
- Exon. 119b ;
- Th. 458, 13 ;
- Hy. 4, 100.
Etymology
Laym. fleote a fleet of ships
: Plat. fleet a small river
: O. Frs. flet, n. a river
: Dut. vliet, m. a rivulet, brook
: Ger. fliesz, m. n. fluentum
: M. H. Ger. vliez, m. n. a rivulet
: O. H. Ger. fluz, m. a river
: Icel. fljót, n. a river.
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Linked entries
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mylen-fleót fleóte fliét fleóte.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “FLEÓT.” 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/10923.
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