Fleax

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

flex, es;

FLEAX

n. FLAX; līnum :-- Of ðære eorþan cymeþ dæt fleax flax comes from the earth, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18b, 13. Fleax līnum, Wrt. Voc. 82, 6. Þurh ðæt fleax by the flax, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18b, 14. Swíðe hwít fleax very white flax; bissum [ = byssus = GREEK ], Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 94; Wrt. Voc. 40, 5. [Wyc. flax, flaxe, flex, flexe: Chauc. flex: Plat. flass, n: Frs. flægs: O. Frs. flax, n: Dut. vlas, n: Ger. flachs, m: M. H. Ger. vlahs, m: O. H. Ger. flahs, m: Lat. flectĕre, plectĕre: Grk. GREEK to plait, twine, twist, weave.] fleax