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单词 fley
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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).
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