FLEY

Meaning of FLEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflā ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, from ā-, perfective prefix + -flēgan to put to flight

Date: 13th century

Scottish : frighten

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

FLEY — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, from ā-, perfective prefix + -flēgan to put to flight …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLEY — ˈfləi, ˈflā verb ( fleyed ; fleyed ; fleying ; fleys ) Etymology: Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, …
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FLEY — — fleyedly /flay"id lee/ , adv. — fleyedness , n. /flay/ , v. , fleyed, fleying . Chiefly Scot. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLEY — [fley] vt [ME flayen, fr. OE aflegan, fr. a-, perfective prefix + -flegan to put to flight] (13c) Scot: frighten
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TYARD, PONTUS DE — born c. 1522, Bissy-sur-Fley, Burgundy, Fr. died Sept. 23, 1605, Bragny-sur-Sane Burgundian poet and member of the literary circle known …
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