"flo" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /flɔː/ Forms: flon [plural], floon [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Old English flā, from flān reanalysed as a plural, from Proto-West Germanic *flain, from Proto-Germanic *flainaz. Compare flon. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|flā}} Old English flā, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*flain}} Proto-West Germanic *flain, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*flainaz}} Proto-Germanic *flainaz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} flo, {{enm-noun|pl=flon|pl2=floon}} flo (plural flon or floon)
  1. An arrow, especially one used with a long bow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow) Categories (topical): Archery, Weapons
    Sense id: en-flo-enm-noun-MLLj37~g Disambiguation of Archery: 71 29 Disambiguation of Weapons: 73 27 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17
  2. (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-flo-enm-noun-C~eh6dHo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fla, fleo, vlo

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Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for flo meaning in Middle English (2.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (d4b8e84 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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