fley

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: flā, IPA^(key): /fleɪ/
• Homophone: flay
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten.
   • 1860, James Phillips Kay, Scarsdale; or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border:

     The Jack O'Lanthron was among the reeds again last night, and some of my neighbours are sore fleyed.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened.

Anagrams

• flye, fyle, lyfe

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fley, from Proto-Germanic *flawją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleiː/
• Rhymes: -eiː

Noun

fley n (genitive singular fleys, nominative plural fley)

1. (poetic) ship, boat

   Synonyms: bátur, skip, gnoð

Declension

Declension of fley (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fley	fleyið	fley	fleyin
accusative	fley	fleyið	fley	fleyin
dative	fleyi	fleyinu	fleyjum	fleyjunum
genitive	fleys	fleysins	fleyja	fleyjanna

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

fley

1. alternative form of fle

Etymology 2

Noun

fley

1. (Northern) alternative form of flye

Etymology 3

Verb

fley

1. alternative form of flien