fliete

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ. Cognate with Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”). Ultimately cognate with Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

Alternative forms

flēt, flēte, flīet, flȳte

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfli͜yː.te/

Noun

flīete f (nominative plural flīetan)

cream, skimming, curds
Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte. ― Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

Declension of fliete (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	flīete	flīetan
accusative	flīetan	flīetan
genitive	flīetan	flīetena
dative	flīetan	flīetum

References

flīete in John R. Clark Hall (1916) A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd ed.
flet in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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