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fléte

(n.)
Grammar
fléte, fliéte, flýte, an; f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float]

What floats on the surfaceCreamskimmingcurdsflos lactislactis crĕmor exemptuscoagŭlum

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What floats on the surface, hence, — Cream, skimming, curds; flos lactis, lactis crĕmor exemptus, coagŭlum Genim cúmeoluc bútan wætere, lǽt weorþan to flétum, geþwer to buteran take cow's milk without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L

Linked entries: flét fliéte

flǽh

(n.)

a fleapūlex

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a flea; pūlex, Som. Ben. Lye

fléma

(n.)
Grammar
fléma, an; m,

A fugitiveprofŭgus

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A fugitive; profŭgus Ðú fléma scealt wídlást wrecan thou shall go a fugitive into far exile, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 27; Gen. 1020: L. C. S. 13; Th. i. 382, 23: Obs. Lun. § 7; Lchdm. iii. 186, 23

flene

(n.)
Grammar
flene, an; f.

What is made softbatter

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What is made soft, batter Wyl ða flenan boil the batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 11

flét

(n.)
Grammar
flét, e; f.

Creamskimmingcurdsflos lactislactis crĕmor exemptuscoagŭlum

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Cream, skimming, curds; flos lactis, lactis crĕmor exemptus, coagŭlum Flét flos lactis, Cot. 37. Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte put white salt into cream or good skimmings, L. M. 3, 10; Lchdm. ii. 314, 2

Linked entry: flýte

fleát

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleát, p. of fleótan.

floated

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floated, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909;

fleág

(v.; part.)
Grammar
fleág, flew,
  • Exon. 46a
  • ;
  • Th. 157, 9
  • ;
  • Gú. 889
  • ;
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p. of fleógan

fléde

(adj.)
Grammar
fléde, adj.

Floodedoverflowedtŭmĭdus

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Flooded, overflowed; tŭmĭdus Wæs seó eá to ðan fléde the river was so flooded, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 13. Seó eá fléde wæs the river was flooded, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 7. Tiber flédu wearþ the Tiber was flooded, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 20

Linked entry: in-fléde

-fléra

(suffix)
Grammar
-fléra, -flére.

fláh

Hostilefellcruel

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Hostile, fell, cruel Flách infestus, Wrt. Voc. ii. no, 78. Þonne þæt gecnáweð fláh feónd gemáh . . . hé him feorgbona þurh slíðen searo weorþeð, Wal. 39. Fláh máh flíteþ, Reim. 62. Wið fláne feónd werigean, Exod. 237. Substitute:

fleós

(n.)
Grammar
fleós, es; n.

A fleecevellus

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A fleece; vellus Gilde ðæt fleós mid twám pæningum let the fleece be paid for with two pence, L. In. 69; Th. i. 146, 11, note 23, MS. B. In fleós in vellus, Ps. Surt. 71, 6

flésc

(n.)
Grammar
flésc, es; n.

Fleshcăro

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Flesh; căro We hæfdon hláf and flésc genóh on Egipta lande in terra Ægypti sedēbāmus sŭper ollas carnium et comĕdēbāmus pānem in sătŭrĭtāte, Ex. 16, 3

fleard

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Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande ábúton stán oððe treów oððe wille oððe swilces ǽnige fleard (any wicked follies of a like kind), Ll. Th. ii. 298, 17. Substitute:

fleard

(n.)
Grammar
fleard, es; n.

Triflesnūgæ

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Trifles; nūgæ Gif friþgeard sí on hwæs lande, abúton stán, oððe treów, oððe wille, oððe swilces ǽnige fleard if there be an inclosed space on any one's land, about a stone, or a tree, or a well, or any trifles of such kind, L. N. P.

fleán

(v.)
Grammar
fleán, p. flóh, pl. flógon; pp. flagen

To flaypull off the skinexcŏriāredeglūbĕre

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To flay, pull off the skin; excŏriāre, deglūbĕre,Cot. 61

fleám

Similar entry: tó-fleám

flýþ

(v.)
Grammar
flýþ, pres. pl. of fleón.

fleeflee fromavoid

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flee, flee from, avoid, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 27;

FLET

(n.)
Grammar
FLET, flett, es; n.

the groundfloor of a houseārĕaa dwellinghabitationhousecottagehallhăbĭtātiodŏmuscăsaaula

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the ground, floor of a house; ārĕa 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

Linked entries: fled flett

fláh

(adj.)
Grammar
fláh, adj.

Insidiousartfuldeceitfulfraudulentsubdŏlusfraudŭlentusinfestus

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Insidious, artful, deceitful, fraudulent; subdŏlus, fraudŭlentus, infestus Ðonne ðæt gecnáweþ fláh feónd gemáh when the deceitful impious fiend knows that, Exon. 97a; Th. 362, 19; Wal. 39

FLEÓT

(n.)
Grammar
FLEÓT, fliét, es; m: fleóte, an; f.

a place where vessels floata baygulfan arm of the seaestuarythe mouth of a rivera riverstreamsĭnusæstuāriumrīvusa raftshipvesselrătisnāvis

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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 Se Abbod Petrus wæs besenced on