Fléte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fléte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: fliéte, flýte, an; Related words:

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1 fléte

f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float] What floats on the surface, hence, -- Cream, skimming, curds; flos lactis, lactis crĕmor exemptus, coagŭlum :-- Genim cúmeoluc bútan wætere, lǽt weorþan to flétum, geþwer to buteran take cow's milk without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 22. Hafa clǽne flétan have clean curds, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 19. Menge wið flétan, and nán óðer molcen þicge let him mingle it with curds, and eat no other milk-food, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 26. flete

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