fleyflayv.

/fleɪ/

Forms: Middle English–1800s flay, (Middle English flaey), Middle English–1500s fle, (1600s flea, 1700s flee), 1500s flie, 1600s–1700s fly. See fleg n.¹

Etymology: Old English *flígan , *flégan (found in the compound á-flýgan : see afley v.) = Old Norse fleyja , Old High German (ar- ) flaugen , Gothic (us- ) flaugjan < Old Germanic *flaugjan , causative of fleugan to fly v.¹

Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern.

1. transitive. To put to flight, frighten away. Also with away.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight

to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225

fleya1225

forchasea1400

ruse?a1425

skailc1425

dislodgea1450

to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489

to turn to or into flight1526

discamp1566

flightc1571

dissipate1596

to put to (a, the) rout1596

dissipe1597

rout1600

disrout1626

derout1637

to beat off1650

to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1602 An se swiðe swote smal com anan þrefter, þæt fleide awei þe fearlac.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 69 Many tyme Flayed he fendes fell fra hyme.

c1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 298 If thu handell thy hawke..with thi handes unwasch..thu fleyst thyn hawke..above all thyng.

1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 218 Quhair is ȝour wit..To fle away my husband Common-weill?

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 211 And thinkes like fooles, to fley all faes With targets, tulȝies, and toome talk.

1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. xxi. 314 Ye may fley the laird from the country.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flay, to scare away.

2. To frighten, scare, terrify.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)]

afearOE

affrightOE

breec1000

offrightlOE

agastc1225

offearc1225

dreadc1250

agrisec1275

begallowc1320

ashunchc1325

adreadc1330

affrayc1330

fleya1400

grise1513

terrify1536

fray-bug1551

thunderbolta1586

fear-blast1593

gaster1593

hazen1593

terrorc1595

affrighten1615

ter-terrifya1618

flaite1642

pavefy1656

repall1687

hobgoblin1707

scarify1794

to scare the daylights out of1951

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 359 Bot wymmen flayed vus foule with wordez þat þai saide.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2374 Þai flowe away as þai were flayde.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 217 Thai war so felly fleyit thar.

1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 208 Thay walde faine fley us with the wynde of the worde of perturbatione.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 391 You are more flay'd than hurt.

1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook ix, in Poems (new ed.) 58 My name is Death, But be na' fley'd.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. v. 81 Like as they're flayed wi' bogards.

1889 J. Nicholson Folk-speech E. Yorks. 33 Poor Billy was ommast flaid oot ov his wits.

3. intransitive. To be afraid or frightened.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid or fear [verb (intransitive)]

adreadeOE

affrightOE

frightc1000

agastc1300

offrightc1300

scarec1400

resoignc1500

fray1535

feara1593

fley1768

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 378 Nory..had some farther gane, For Lindy fly'd.

a1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 216 The feint a body was therein, ye need na fley'd for being seen.

Compounds

flay-crake n. a scarecrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer

scarlec1440

scare1530

blencher1531

shail1531

fray-boggard1535

crow-keeper1562

malkinc1565

clacket1594

scarecrow1606

clap-mill1613

field keeper1620

shaw-fowl1621

bean-shatter1639

clapper1660

dudman1670

clack1678

hobidy-booby?1710

worricow1711

cherry-clapper1763

flay-crake1788

potato-bogle1815

cherry-clack1824

feather-piea1825

flay-crow1824

gally-baggar1825

gally-crow1825

bogle1830

tatie-bogle1838

shewel1888

scare-string1889

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds

buga1425

scarlec1440

scare1530

blencher1531

shail1531

fray-boggard1535

malkinc1565

clacket1594

bogle-bo1603

scarecrow1606

blinks1611

clap-mill1613

shaw-fowl1621

dudman1670

hobidy-booby?1710

cherry-clapper1763

flay-crake1788

potato-bogle1815

cherry-clack1824

feather-piea1825

flay-crow1824

gally-baggar1825

gally-crow1825

bogle1830

deadman1839

hodmandod1881

scarer1930

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 329 Flay-crake, a scare-crow.

1883 Longman's Mag. June 166 Coming across a ‘flaycrake’ among the young wheat.

flay-crow adj. = flay-crake n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer

scarlec1440

scare1530

blencher1531

shail1531

fray-boggard1535

crow-keeper1562

malkinc1565

clacket1594

scarecrow1606

clap-mill1613

field keeper1620

shaw-fowl1621

bean-shatter1639

clapper1660

dudman1670

clack1678

hobidy-booby?1710

worricow1711

cherry-clapper1763

flay-crake1788

potato-bogle1815

cherry-clack1824

feather-piea1825

flay-crow1824

gally-baggar1825

gally-crow1825

bogle1830

tatie-bogle1838

shewel1888

scare-string1889

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds

buga1425

scarlec1440

scare1530

blencher1531

shail1531

fray-boggard1535

malkinc1565

clacket1594

bogle-bo1603

scarecrow1606

blinks1611

clap-mill1613

shaw-fowl1621

dudman1670

hobidy-booby?1710

cherry-clapper1763

flay-crake1788

potato-bogle1815

cherry-clack1824

feather-piea1825

flay-crow1824

gally-baggar1825

gally-crow1825

bogle1830

deadman1839

hodmandod1881

scarer1930

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 74 Flaycraw.

1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour iii. xiv. 72 A hat that would disgrace anything but a flay-crow.

Derivatives

fleyed adj. frightened; afraid; timorous. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective]

affrightedOE

ofdreadOE

afearedOE

offearedlOE

radc1175

frightya1325

fearedc1330

fearfulc1374

afraidc1380

frayeda1400

wrotha1400

afearc1410

ghastful1422

fleyedc1425

afleyeda1500

a flighta1535

effrayed1553

flight-given?1611

hareda1618

frighted1647

affrightened1649

frighteneda1721

scared1725

intimidated1727

frightsome1827

scary1827

funked1831

fearing1837

funked out1859

fearsome1863

chickenshit1940

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xviii. 1926 He..bad hyr noucht fleyd to be off that.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Pv Ȝour fleyit conscience.

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 781 Fleyd foole, mad muile!

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 26 A flaid Coxcomb, a fearful fellow.

a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 539 Sharp who was as flyed as a fox.

1850 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 2nd Ser. 121 ‘I'se flayed on't’ Elky exclaimed.

ˈfleyedly adv. (also flietlie)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb]

frightlya1325

frayedly1570

fleyedly1596

frightedly1748

frightenedly1884

scaredly1901

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 215 Quhilk..waik throuch feir ouer flietlie stude abak.

ˈfleyedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [noun]

feara1300

fleying1340

radnessa1400

crainte1477

fleyedness?a1500

dreadourc1540

timor1599

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2540 in Poems (1981) 94 Quhill that the volff for fleidnes fylit the feild.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 50 Of the silence and fleitnes of wtheris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	fley
释义	fleyflayn. Brit. /fleɪ/, U.S. /fleɪ/, Scottish English /flaɪ/, /fle/ Etymology: < fley v. Scottish and northern dialect. A fright; also in to get (a) fley, to take (a) fley. Cf. fleg n.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > instance of being frightened tirrit1600 feara1625 fley1804 1804 W. Tarras Poems 70 I watna, bit [but] I've gotten a fley. 1813 D. Anderson Poems, Eng. & Scotch 80 But bauldly then shook of their flay. 1813 D. Anderson Poems, Eng. & Scotch 121 Timorous fowk tak' flay. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Flay, a fright. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fleyflayv. /fleɪ/ Forms: Middle English–1800s flay, (Middle English flaey), Middle English–1500s fle, (1600s flea, 1700s flee), 1500s flie, 1600s–1700s fly. See fleg n.¹ Etymology: Old English flígan , flégan (found in the compound á-flýgan : see afley v.) = Old Norse fleyja , Old High German (ar- ) flaugen , Gothic (us- ) flaugjan < Old Germanic flaugjan , causative of fleugan* to fly v.¹ Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern. 1. transitive. To put to flight, frighten away. Also with away. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225 fleya1225 forchasea1400 ruse?a1425 skailc1425 dislodgea1450 to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489 to turn to or into flight1526 discamp1566 flightc1571 dissipate1596 to put to (a, the) rout1596 dissipe1597 rout1600 disrout1626 derout1637 to beat off1650 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743 a1225 Leg. Kath. 1602 An se swiðe swote smal com anan þrefter, þæt fleide awei þe fearlac. c1325 Metr. Hom. 69 Many tyme Flayed he fendes fell fra hyme. c1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 298 If thu handell thy hawke..with thi handes unwasch..thu fleyst thyn hawke..above all thyng. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiii. 218 Quhair is ȝour wit..To fle away my husband Common-weill? a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 211 And thinkes like fooles, to fley all faes With targets, tulȝies, and toome talk. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. xxi. 314 Ye may fley the laird from the country. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flay, to scare away. 2. To frighten, scare, terrify. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)] afearOE affrightOE breec1000 offrightlOE agastc1225 offearc1225 dreadc1250 agrisec1275 begallowc1320 ashunchc1325 adreadc1330 affrayc1330 fleya1400 grise1513 terrify1536 fray-bug1551 thunderbolta1586 fear-blast1593 gaster1593 hazen1593 terrorc1595 affrighten1615 ter-terrifya1618 flaite1642 pavefy1656 repall1687 hobgoblin1707 scarify1794 to scare the daylights out of1951 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 359 Bot wymmen flayed vus foule with wordez þat þai saide. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2374 Þai flowe away as þai were flayde. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 217 Thai war so felly fleyit thar. 1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 208 Thay walde faine fley us with the wynde of the worde of perturbatione. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 391 You are more flay'd than hurt. 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook ix, in Poems (new ed.) 58 My name is Death, But be na' fley'd. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. v. 81 Like as they're flayed wi' bogards. 1889 J. Nicholson Folk-speech E. Yorks. 33 Poor Billy was ommast flaid oot ov his wits. 3. intransitive. To be afraid or frightened. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid or fear [verb (intransitive)] adreadeOE affrightOE frightc1000 agastc1300 offrightc1300 scarec1400 resoignc1500 fray1535 feara1593 fley1768 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 378 Nory..had some farther gane, For Lindy fly'd. a1776 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 216 The feint a body was therein, ye need na fley'd for being seen. Compounds flay-crake n. a scarecrow. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer scarlec1440 scare1530 blencher1531 shail1531 fray-boggard1535 crow-keeper1562 malkinc1565 clacket1594 scarecrow1606 clap-mill1613 field keeper1620 shaw-fowl1621 bean-shatter1639 clapper1660 dudman1670 clack1678 hobidy-booby?1710 worricow1711 cherry-clapper1763 flay-crake1788 potato-bogle1815 cherry-clack1824 feather-piea1825 flay-crow1824 gally-baggar1825 gally-crow1825 bogle1830 tatie-bogle1838 shewel1888 scare-string1889 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds buga1425 scarlec1440 scare1530 blencher1531 shail1531 fray-boggard1535 malkinc1565 clacket1594 bogle-bo1603 scarecrow1606 blinks1611 clap-mill1613 shaw-fowl1621 dudman1670 hobidy-booby?1710 cherry-clapper1763 flay-crake1788 potato-bogle1815 cherry-clack1824 feather-piea1825 flay-crow1824 gally-baggar1825 gally-crow1825 bogle1830 deadman1839 hodmandod1881 scarer1930 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 329 Flay-crake, a scare-crow. 1883 Longman's Mag. June 166 Coming across a ‘flaycrake’ among the young wheat. flay-crow adj. = flay-crake n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer scarlec1440 scare1530 blencher1531 shail1531 fray-boggard1535 crow-keeper1562 malkinc1565 clacket1594 scarecrow1606 clap-mill1613 field keeper1620 shaw-fowl1621 bean-shatter1639 clapper1660 dudman1670 clack1678 hobidy-booby?1710 worricow1711 cherry-clapper1763 flay-crake1788 potato-bogle1815 cherry-clack1824 feather-piea1825 flay-crow1824 gally-baggar1825 gally-crow1825 bogle1830 tatie-bogle1838 shewel1888 scare-string1889 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds buga1425 scarlec1440 scare1530 blencher1531 shail1531 fray-boggard1535 malkinc1565 clacket1594 bogle-bo1603 scarecrow1606 blinks1611 clap-mill1613 shaw-fowl1621 dudman1670 hobidy-booby?1710 cherry-clapper1763 flay-crake1788 potato-bogle1815 cherry-clack1824 feather-piea1825 flay-crow1824 gally-baggar1825 gally-crow1825 bogle1830 deadman1839 hodmandod1881 scarer1930 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 74 Flaycraw. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour iii. xiv. 72 A hat that would disgrace anything but a flay-crow. Derivatives fleyed adj. frightened; afraid; timorous. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xviii. 1926 He..bad hyr noucht fleyd to be off that. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Pv Ȝour fleyit conscience. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 781 Fleyd foole, mad muile! 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 26 A flaid Coxcomb, a fearful fellow. a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 539 Sharp who was as flyed as a fox. 1850 H. L. Lear Tales Kirkbeck 2nd Ser. 121 ‘I'se flayed on't’ Elky exclaimed. ˈfleyedly adv. (also flietlie) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adverb] frightlya1325 frayedly1570 fleyedly1596 frightedly1748 frightenedly1884 scaredly1901 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 215 Quhilk..waik throuch feir ouer flietlie stude abak. ˈfleyedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] feara1300 fleying1340 radnessa1400 crainte1477 fleyedness?a1500 dreadourc1540 timor1599 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Wolf & Wether l. 2540 in Poems (1981) 94 Quhill that the volff for fleidnes fylit the feild. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 50 Of the silence and fleitnes of wtheris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1804v.a1225
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fleyflayn.

fleyflayv.

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Derivatives