English Explanatory Dictionary

flone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arrow.

Word forms

flone flones flane flain

Etymology

From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”).

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