Flán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Flán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: flá. flan

Definitions

1 flán

m. e; f. [flán; gen. flánes; m. flán; gen. e; f.] An arrow, a dart; săgitta, tēlum :-- Þurh flánes flyht through the flight of an arrow, Byrht. Th. 133, 56; By. 71. Fram fláne fleógendre a săgitta vŏlante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6: Beo. Th. 4868; B. 2438. Ðíne flána synt afæstnode [MS. afæstnade] on me săgittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 37, 2: 44, 7: Ps. Spl. 56, 6. Ic afæstnie míne flána on him săgittas meas complēbo in eis, Deut. Grn. 32, 23.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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