fleyl

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English *flegel, fligel, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, probably from Latin flagellum. Possibly a doublet of frayel.

Pronunciation

Noun

fleyl (plural fleyles)

  1. A flail (tool for threshing grain)
  2. A whip or lash (flexible blunt weapon)
  3. (rare) A rotating bar used to secure a gate.

Descendants

  • English: flail (dialectal frail)
  • Scots: flail
  • Yola: vleal

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