fliete

Old English

Alternative forms

• flēt, flēte, flīet, flȳte

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ. Cognate with Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”). Ultimately cognate with Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfli͜yː.te/

Noun

flīete f (nominative plural flīetan)

1. cream, skimming, curds
   • Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. ― Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	flīete	flīetan
accusative	flīetan	flīetan
genitive	flīetan	flīetena
dative	flīetan	flīetum

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “flīete”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “flet”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.