"fley" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fleɪ/ [UK, US] Forms: fleys [present, singular, third-person], fleying [participle, present], fleyed [participle, past], fleyed [past]
enPR: flā [UK, US] Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English fleien, from Old English flēgan. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleien}} Middle English fleien, {{inh|en|ang|flēgan}} Old English flēgan Head templates: {{en-verb}} fley (third-person singular simple present fleys, present participle fleying, simple past and past participle fleyed)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To frighten. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-fley-en-verb-dGDZuwNZ Disambiguation of Fear: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 13 2 18 3
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be frightened. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Fear
    Sense id: en-fley-en-verb-zgAzk1cy Disambiguation of Fear: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 13 2 18 3

Inflected forms

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