n. [floten, pp. of fleótan to float] Water deep enough for sustaining a ship, the sea; ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam, măre :-- Ongan eorla mengu to flote fýsan the multitude of warriors began to hasten to the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 451; El. 226: Andr. Kmbl. 3393; An. 1700. Wǽron ða útlagas ealle on flote the outlaws were all afloat [lit. on the sea], Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 24. We willaþ on flot feran we will depart on the sea, Byrht. Th. 132, 64; By. 41: Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 1; Æðelst. 35. [Plat. flot: Dut. vlot: Ger. floss: M. H. Ger. vlóz, m. river, raft: Icel. flot; á flot on or afloat.] flot