fliete

Old English

Alternative forms

flēt, flēte, flīet, flȳte

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”).

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

John R. Clark Hall (1916), “flīete”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “flet”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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