"flone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flones [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flon}} Middle English flon, {{inh|en|ang|flān||barb, arrow, javelin, dart}} Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flainaz||fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip}} Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)plei-||to divide, split, splice}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”), {{cog|is|fleinn||thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke}} Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flone (plural flones)
  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) An arrow. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms: flane, flain [Scotland] Related terms: flo

Inflected forms

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