Flocan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

flocan

Substitute : flócan ; p. fleóoc To beat together, clap with the hands, as an expression of joy or grief :-- Oft ic (a sword) wífe ábelge, wonie hyre willan : heó mé wom spreceð, flðceð hyre folmum . . .ungód gæleð, Ru. 21, 34. Flócende conplosis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 14. [Goth. faiflókun GREEK, plangebant. Cf. Lat. plangere for form and meaning.] flocan