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FLET

  • noun [ neuter ]
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FLET, flett, es; n.
the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa
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  • Ne cume on bedde, ac licge on flette

    let him not come into a bed, but lie on a floor,

    • L. P. M. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 286, 21.

  • Heó on flet gecrong

    she sank on the ground,

    • Beo. Th. 3141
      • ;
    • B. 1568: 3085
      • ;
    • B. 1540.
a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall; hăbĭtātio, dŏmus, căsa, aula
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  • Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe

    if the house be stained with blood,

    • L. H. E. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 32, 14.

  • Gif man mannan an óðres flette mánswara háteþ

    if one man call another a perjurer in another's cottage,

    • 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 32, 4: L. In. 39
      • ;
    • Th. i. 86, 21.

  • Him se æðela geaf giestlíþnysse fægre on flette

    the noble gave them a fair entertainment in his dwelling.

    • Cd. 112
      • ;
    • Th. 147, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2447: Beo. Th. 2054
      • ;
    • B. 1025.

  • Scilling agelde ðam ðe ðæt flet áge

    let him pay a shilling to him who owns the dwelling,

    • L. H. E. 11, 12, 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 32, 6, 9, 12.

  • Hí fǽrlíce flet ofgeáfon

    they suddenly gave up the hall,

    • Exon. 77a
      • ;
    • Th. 290, 7
      • ;
    • Wand. 61:Beo. Th. 3903
      • ;
    • B. 1949: 4039
      • ;
    • B. 2017.
Etymology
[
Laym. ulette floor
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Scot. flet, flett a house
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Plat. flet a bedroom in the upper floor of a peasant's house
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O. Sax. flet, fletti, n. the floor of a house, deal, house, hall
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O. Frs. flet a house
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Ger. dial. fletz aula, ārea
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M. H. Ger. vletze, n. ārea
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Icel. flet, n. a set of rooms, house.
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v.  fled flett.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “FLET.” 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/10936.

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