An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 300
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 300
A. S. _fleog-an_, volare.
FLEG, _s._ A stroke.
_Hamilton._
FLEGGAR, _s._ One who magnifies in narration, Loth.
Su. G. _flick-a_, to patch; _skoflickare_, a cobler.
_To_ FLEY, FLEE, _v. a._
1. To frighten, S.
_Douglas._
2. To put to flight, S.
_To_ ~Fley~, ~Fly~, _v. n._ To take fright, S. B.
_Ross._
FLEY. Leg. _Sley_, sly.
_Barbour._
_To_ FLEICH, FLEITCH, _v. a._ To wheedle, S.
_Barbour._
Teut. _flets-en_, adulari, blandiri.
~Fleich~, ~Fleech~, _s._ A piece of flattery.
_Kelly._
~Fleiching~, ~Flechyng~, _s._ Flattery, S.
_Douglas._
~Fleicher~, ~Flechour~, ~Fleitschour~, _s._ A flatterer.
Teut. _fletser_.
_Wyntown._
FLEIG, _s._ Flight.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
FLEYITNES, _s._ Affright.
_Complaynt S._
FLEYNE. _Vnto fleyne_, On flight.
_Douglas._
_To_ FLEIP, _v. a._
V. ~Flype~.
_To_ FLEYR, _v. n._ To make wry faces; also, to whimper, Ang.
_Many._
_To_ FLEIT, _v. a._ To flee from.
_Douglas._
Belg. _vlied-en_, id.
_To_ FLEIT, FLETE, _v. n._
1. To flow.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _flyt-a_, Teut. _vliet-en_, fluere.
2. To float.
_Evergreen._
3. To sail.
_Barbour._