fleyl

Middle English

Alternative forms

flaell, flayl, flayle, flayll, fleel, fleȝȝl, fleil, fleyle

Etymology

From Old English *flegel, fligel, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, probably from Latin flagellum. Possibly a doublet of frayel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flɛi̯l/

Noun

fleyl (plural fleyles)

A flail (tool for threshing grain)
A whip or lash (flexible blunt weapon)
(rare) A rotating bar used to secure a gate.

Descendants

English: flail (dialectal frail)
Scots: flail
Yola: vleal

References

“fleil, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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