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FLÝS

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FLÝS, fiís, fliés, flés, fleŏs. es; n.
A fleece, wool; vellus, lānūgo
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  • Dis flýs

    hoc vellus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32
      • ;
    • Som. 12, 12.

  • Gilde ðæt flýs mid twám pæningum

    let the fleece be paid for with two pence,

    • L. In. 69
      • ;
    • Th. i. 146, 11, MS. H.

  • Mid his flýse

    with its fleece,

    • L. In. 69
      • ;
    • Th. i. 146, 9, 10, MSS. B. H.

  • He nyðerastíhþ swá swá rén on flýs

    descendet sicut plŭvia in vellus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 71, 6: Ps. Th. 147, 5.

  • Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan

    the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep,

    Job
    • Thw. 165, 2.

  • Wulle flýsum

    with fleeces of wool,

    • Exon. 109a
      • ;
    • Th. 417, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 36, 3.

  • Flýs

    lānūgo.

    • Cot. 122.
Etymology
[
Piers P. flus
:
Plat. fliis vellus
:
Dut. vlies, n
:
Ger. vlies, fliesz, n
:
M. H. Ger. vlies, n.
]
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v.  fleós flés fliés flís.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “FLÝS.” 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/11042.

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