An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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4. To abound.
_Lyndsay._
FLEYSUM, _adj._ Frightful, S.
V. ~Fley~.
_To_ FLEKKER, FLYKER, _v. n._
1. To flutter, S.
_Wallace._
2. To quiver, to tremble.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _fleckra_, mot.i.tari, A. S. _fliccer-ian_, id.
FLECKERIT, _adj._ Spotted.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ FLEM, FLEME, _v. a._ To banish, to expel.
_Wallace._
A. S. _ge-flem-an_, fugare; Isl. _flaeme_, exulare facio, whence _flaemingr_, an exile, an outlaw.
~Flemens-firth~, _s._ An asylum for outlaws.
_Lay Last Minstrel._
FLENCH-GUT, _s._ Blubber of a whale laid out in long slices, S.
Su. G. _flanka_, to slice.
_To_ FLEND, _v. n._ To flee.
_Lyndsay._
FLENDRIS, FLENDERS, FLINDERS, _s. pl._ Splinters.
_Douglas._
Belg. _flenters_, splinters, fragments.
FLEOURE, FLEURE, FLEWARE, FLEWER, FLEOWRE, _s._ Flavour.
Fr. _flair_, odor.
_Wyntown._
FLESCHE, _s._ Fleece.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _fleos_, _flys_, id.
FLET, _pret. v._
V. ~Flyt~, to scold.
FLET, _adj._ Prosaic.
_Complaynt S._
FLET, FLETT, _s._
1. A house.
_Ross._
A. S. _flett_, id.
2. The inward part of a house.
_LL. S._
3. A floor or story of a house; commonly _flat_, S.
_Courant._
FLET, _s._ A matt of plated straw, for preserving a horse's back from being injured by his load, Caithn.
