FLÁ

gen. dat. acc. flán; pl. nom. acc. flán; gen. flána; dat. flánum; f. [flae, gen. flaan = flán; f.] An arrow, a dart, javelin; săgitta, tēlum, jăcŭlum :-- Flá săgitta vel tēlum, Wrt. Voc. 84, 27: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 60: Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 35; Wrt. Voc. 35, 24. Flaa tēlum vel GREEK = GREEK , 53; Som. 66, 63; Wrt. Voc. 35, 49. Wídnyt vel flá jăcŭlum vel funda, 18; Som. 58, 106; Wrt. Voc. 22, 21. Wearþ Alexander þurhscoten mid ánre flán underneoþan óðer breóst Alexander was shot through with an arrow underneath one breast, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 27. He gedéþ his flán fýrena săgittas suas ardentĭbus effēcit, Ps. Th. 7, 13: 90, 6: Deut. 32, 42. Flána scúras showers of arrows, Elen. Kmbl. 234; El. 117: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 33; Jud. 221. Sí he mid stánum oftorfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod lăpĭdĭbus opprĭmētur aut confŏdiētur jăcŭlis, Ex. 19, 13: Ps. Th. 10, 2. [Chauc. flo; pl. flone: Laym. fla, flo: Icel. fleinn, m. a dart.]