"fleyl" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /flæi̯l/ Forms: fleyles [plural], flaell [alternative], flayl [alternative], flayle [alternative], flayll [alternative], fleel [alternative], fleil [alternative], fleyle [alternative], fleȝȝl [alternative, Ormulum]
Etymology: From Old English *flegel, fligel, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, probably from Latin flagellum. Possibly a doublet of frayel. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*flegel}} Old English *flegel, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*flagil}} Proto-West Germanic *flagil, {{der|enm|la|flagellum}} Latin flagellum, {{doublet|enm|frayel|nocap=1}} doublet of frayel Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fleyl, {{enm-noun|fleyles}} fleyl (plural fleyles)
  1. A flail (tool for threshing grain)
    Sense id: en-fleyl-enm-noun-PWgb0kGy Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 41 10 49
  2. A whip or lash (flexible blunt weapon)
    Sense id: en-fleyl-enm-noun-~nua0Q1b
  3. (rare) A rotating bar used to secure a gate. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fleyl-enm-noun-EiuUtKLe Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tools, Weapons Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 21 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 21 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 15 64 Disambiguation of Tools: 41 10 49 Disambiguation of Weapons: 18 23 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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      ]
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    },
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      "form": "fleyle",
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        "Ormulum"
      ]
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    }
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flaell",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flayl",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flayle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flayll",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleel",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fleyle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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        "Ormulum"
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        ],
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        ],
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        "A rotating bar used to secure a gate."
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        "(rare) A rotating bar used to secure a gate."
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  ],
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