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† flecche, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 flecchi, flechchi, (? misprint) fleeche, 3–5 flecche. See also flinch v.
[ad. OF. flechir (mod.F. fléchir to bend), also flechier to bend, turn aside, flinch; of obscure etymology; connexion of some kind with L. flectĕre to bend, is commonly assumed, but the supposition has not been shown to be in accord with phonological laws.]
1. intr. To bend, flinch, give way; to waver, vacillate. Obs.
c1300Beket 951 Therfor he moste him wel bithenche and ne flecchi noȝt. c1325Poem Times Edw. II, 452 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 344 Hadde the clergie..noht flecched aboute nother hider ne thidere. 1340Ayenb. 253 Þet þou ne flechchi uor to leue to guod red. c1350Will. Palerne 763 He set his siȝt sadli to þat windowe euene, boute flecchinge or feyntise. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 411 For þe staat of holy chirche in Engelond..schulde nouȝt fleeche [L. vacillaret]. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 616/171 Þe deuel..fleccheþ fro godes spous. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. xli, Some man..Dampnable erroure holdith, and can not flecche for no counseille ne rede.
2. trans. To turn out, drive away.
Perh. another word; cf. O.E. flęcᵹan (once) to drive away.
c1340Cursor M. 994 (Trin.) Out is he put Adam þe wrecched Fro paradis fouly flecched. |