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† flane Obs.
Forms: 1–4 flan, 3–4 flon, 4–5 flone, 5–9 Sc. flane, 5–6 flain(e, (6 flayn).
[OE. flán masc. and fem. = ON. fleinn masc., cognate with OE. flá: see flo. The word survived longest in Sc.; otherwise the normal form would have been flone.]
An arrow.
Beowulf 2438 (Gr.) Syððan hyne Hæðcyn of hornboᵹan his freawine flane ᵹeswencte. a1000Byrhtnoth 71 (Gr.) Þurh flanes flyht. a1225Juliana 7 Þe flan þe of luue fleoð. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1161 At vche [þat] wende vndir wande wapped a flone. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. iv. 152 His bow he bent, ane flane with fedderis gray He haillit to the heid. 1567Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 32 Ane flaine lat fle with bow in tyme of neid. 1724Poems on Royal Company of Archers 34 Burnished swords and whizzing flanes. |