Fleót

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

fliét, es;

FLEÓT

m: fleóte, an; f. I. a place where vessels float, a bay, gulf, an arm of the sea, estuary, the mouth of a river, a river, stream; hence the names of places, as Northfleet, Soulhfleet, Kent; and in London, Fleetditch; sĭnus, æstuārium, rīvus :-- Se Abbod Petrus wæs besenced on sumne sǽs fleót, se wæs háten Am-fleót abbas Petrus demersus est in sĭnu măris, qui vŏcātur Amfleat, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 6, note. Fleót æstuārium, Cot. 14. Ispánia land is eall mid fleóte ymbhæfd the country of Spain is all encompassed with water, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 3. Fleótas æstuāria, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 154, 46: Wrt. Voc. 63, 69. II. a raft, ship, vessel; rătis, nāvis :-- Ic gebycge bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroþe I buy a boat on the sea, a vessel on the ocean, Exon. 119b; Th. 458, 13; Hy. 4, 100. [Laym. fleote a fleet of ships: Plat. fleet a small river: O. Frs. flet, n. a river: Dut. vliet, m. a rivulet, brook: Ger. fliesz, m. n. fluentum: M. H. Ger. vliez, m. n. a rivulet: O. H. Ger. fluz, m. a river: Icel. fljót, n. a river.] fleot