Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
FLEE (1), _v._ fly, F 503; _leet flee_, let fly, A 3806; _ger._ to fly, R.
951; Fleen, F 122; _v._ HF. 2118; Fleeth, _pr. s._ flies, E 119, F 149;
Flen, _pr. pl._ fly, T. iv. 1356; Fleigh, _pt. s._ flew, HF. 921, 2087; T.
ii. 194, 931; B 4529, 4607; Fley, _pt. s._ B 4362; Fleinge, _pres. pt._ HF.
543; Flyen, _pt. pl._ flew, R. 910, 911; Flough, _2 pt. s._ didst fly, B
4421; Flowen, _pt. pl._ flew, B 4581; _pp._ flown, HF. 905. A.S.
_fl[=e]ogan_.
FLEE (2), _v._ flee, 4. 98; Fleen, _v._ escape, A 1170; flee, 1. 148; 4.
105; L. 1307, 2020; Fleen, _v._ T. ii. 194; C 63; _ger._ to escape from, B
3. p 9. 72; Flee, _1 pr. s._ flee, 1. 5, 41; Fleeth, _pr. s._ 1. 2; Fleen,
_pr. pl._ B 121; Flee, _imp. s._ 13. 1; Fleeth, _imp. pl._ 4. 6; Fleigh,
_pt. s._ fled, B 3879; Fleeing, _pres. pt._ fleeing, 1. 41. A.S.
_fl[=e]on_. And see FLEDDE.
FLEEINGE, _s._ flight, B 5. m 5. 6.
FLEEN, _s. pl._ fleas, H 17. A.S. _fl[=e]an_, pl. of _fl[=e]a_.
FLEES, _s._ fleece, 9. 18; L. 1428, 1647; B 2187; Fleeses, _pl._ B 2. m 5.
7.
FLEET, _pr. s._ floats, B 463. See FLETE.
FLEIGH; see FLEE (1) and (2).
FLEINGE, _pres. pt. as adj._ scared, skulking, B 4. p 3. 80.
FLEKKED, _pp._ spotted, E 1848, G 565. Cf. Icel. _flekkr_, Du. _vlek_, a
spot.
FLEMEN, _ger._ to banish, T. ii. 852; Flemeth, _pr. s._ H 182; Fleme, _imp.
s._ put to flight, B 1. m 7. 12; Flemed, _pp._ banished, G. 58. A.S.
_fl[=y]man_, to banish.
FLEMER, _s._ banisher, driver away, B 460. See above.
FLEMINGE, _s._ banishment, flight, T. iii. 933.
FLEN, _pr. pl._ fly, T. iv. 1356. See FLEE (1).
FLESH, _s._ flesh, meat, A 147, 344, E 1335.
FLESHHOOK, _s._ flesh-hook, D 1730.
FLESHLY, _adj._ fleshy, T. iii. 1248.
FLESHLY, _adv._ carnally, B 1775, I 202; bodily, I 333.
FLESSHY, _adj._ fleshy, 3. 954.
FLETE, _v._ float, bathe, T. iii. 1671; Fleten, _v._ float, B 2. p 4. 45, B
5. m 1. 7; spread abroad, B 4. p 6. 90; range, B 4. p 6. 114; _ger._ to
drift, B 4. p 7. 65; Flete, _1 pr. s._ float, 2. 110; _1 pr. s. subj._ may
float, A 2397; Fleteth, _pr. s._ floats, B 901; flows, abounds (Lat.
_influat_), B 1. m 2. 17; (Lat. _fluens_), B 2. m 2. 14; Fleet, _pr. s._
floats, B 463; Flete, _pr. s. subj._ 7. 182; Flete, _pr. pl._ float, T.
iii. 1221; Fleten, _pr. pl._ drift, B 1. p 6. 62; Fletinge, _pres. pt._
floating, HF. 133; T. ii. 53; L. 2552; Fleting, _pres. pt._ floating, A
1956; Fletinge, _pres. pt._ flowing, B 1. p 3. 50 (Lat. _limphante_); B 3.
m 3. 1; swift flowing, B 1. m 7. 7; rushing, pouring, B 4. m 6. 22 (Lat.
_defluus_). A.S. _fl[=e]otan_.
FLEX, _s._ flax, A 676.
FLEY, _pt. s._ flew, B 4362. See FLEE (1).
FLIGHT, _s._ flight, 5. 694; A 190, 988; _put to fl._, T. ii. 613.
FLIKERE, _v._; Flikered, _pt. s._ fluttered, T. iv. 1221; Flikeringe,
_pres. pt. pl._ fluttering, A 1962.
FLINT, _s._ 9. 13; Flintes, _pl._ flints, I 548.
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