A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 50

---- _v. n._ == flee away. RG. 380, 501; 3 pl. pret. 'flodeden,' == fled.

Alys. 2441; part. 'flen,' == made to flee. RG. 258

Fleet, _adj._ == swift [flette]. Alys. 3740

Fleme, _v. a._ == banish. RG. 562, 547; part. 'yfloynd.' RG. 328; 'fleme.'

Wright's L. P. p. 44; 'flemed.' Ritson's AS. viii. 178. AS. flyman

Flescher, _sb._ == fleece. Ps. lxxi. 6

Flesh, _sb._ RG. 406, 514

Fleshly, _adj._ Wright's L. P. p. 72

Fleshhede, _sb._ == the Incarnation. Creed of St Athan. 66

Flet, _adj._ == flat, i. e. stupid. Wright's L. P. p. 47

Flette, _sb._ == a floor, flat. Alys. 1105; [flitte]. Rel. Ant. ii. p.

192. AS. flett

---- == ground. Alys. 2884

---- == battlefield. Alys. 2378

Fleur-de-lis, _sb._ Pol. S. 190

Fling, _v. n._ == rush hastily. Alys. 1165; pret. 'fleng.' Ib. 6084. Sw.

flanga

---- _adv._ ? == rashly. Alys. 4602

Flint, _sb._ HD. 2667. AS. flint

Fliting, _sb._ == scorn. Ps. cvi. 40. AS. flitan

Flitte, _v. n._ fly. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 192

Float, _v. n._ [flete]. RG. 261; pret. 'flet.' Pilate, 251

Flock, _sb._ == company. HD. 24

Flon, _sb._ == arrows. RG. 394. AS. flan

Flood, _sb._ RG. 20, 416

Floor, _sb._ RG. 288

Flosche, _sb._ == pit. Ps. xxvii. 1; xxix. 4; [flask]. Ps. cxlii. 7. ON.

flaska, diffindere

Flouren, _adj._ == made of flour. c.o.k. 55

Flow, _v. n._ 3s. pres. 'floh.' O. and N. 918. AS. flowan

Flower, _sb._ RG. 433; virginity. Fall and P. 52

---- _v. n._ == bloom. Alys. 2904

Flum, _sb._ == stream. Alys. 3402. AS. flum. Lat. flumen

Flumbardyng, _sb._ == a fiery, hot-tempered man. Alys. 1788. Fr. flambard, a torch

Fly, _sb._ (the insect). RG. 428

Fly, _v. n._ == to fly with wings; pret. 'fle?' 184 ; part, 'yflowe.' RG.

29

---- == to fly away, escape; pret. 'flowe.' RG. 372; 'flew.' RG. 18

Fnaste, _v. n._ == breathe. HD. 548. AS. fnaest

---- _sb._ == breath or windpipe? O. and N. 44

Fo, _v. a._ == take. O. and N. 179; [vone]. RG. 204; [ifo]. O. and N. 612; 3s. pres. 'ifodh.' O. and N. 1643. AS. fon

Foam, _sb._ 404 . AS. fam

---- _v. n._ RG. 208

Fode, _sb._ == child. K. Horn, 1384. AS. fedan

Foder, _sb._ == producer, mother. Alys. 645

Foe, _sb._ pl. 'fon.' RG. 401; 'fan.' Ps. xli. 11; 'ivo.' O. and N. 1714; 'faas.' Ps. x.x.x. 12

Foeman, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 104

Foh, _adj._ == particoloured (of dress). Rel. S. iv. 28. AS. fah

Foil, _v. a._ == defile. Alys. 2712

Foison, _sb._ == plenty. Alys. 1012. Fr. foison. Lat, fusio

Fold, _sb._ == sheepfold. Pol. S. 152. AS fald

Fold, _sb._ == earth. Wright's L. P. p. 24. AS. folde

Fold, _v. a._ == bend. Wright's L. P. p. 47. AS. fealdan