Etymology

fley

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Today it means: To frighten. Full definition →

Middle English fleyen ← Old English flīeġan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromflīeġan
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfleyen
  3. English todayfley

From Middle English fleyen, from Old English flīeġan.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishflīeġan all →

flay

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.