fleyingn.
/ˈfleɪɪŋ/ dialect.
The action of fley v.; an instance of this; hence, fright, fear. Also concrete. Something that frightens; a hobgoblin.
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the mind > emotion > fear > [noun]
feara1300
fleying1340
radnessa1400
crainte1477
fleyedness?a1500
dreadourc1540
timor1599
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin
thursec725
puckOE
puckleOE
goblina1350
hurlewaynes kin1399
Hoba1500
bogle?1507
chimera?1521
hobgoblin1530
chyppynutie?1553
bearbug1560
boggard1570
bugbear?c1570
empusa1572
puckerelc1580
puck bug1582
imp1584
urchin1584
fear-babea1586
hob-thrush1590
hodge-poker1598
lar1598
poker1598
bogle-bo1603
mormo1605
foliot1621
mormolukee1624
buggle-boo1625
pug1631
black man1656
feind1659
Tom Poker1673
duende1691
boodie?a1700
worricow1711
bolly1724
Tom Po1744
fleying1811
pooka1824
booger1827
alp1828
boll1847
bogy1857
beastie1867
boogie1880
shag boy1882
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6112 Þe day of flaying and of af[r]ay.
1811 R. Willan in Archaeologia 17 146 Flaying, an apparition or hobgoblin.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Flayin', a spectre, an apparition.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘I gat a sair flaying.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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