flone
English
Alternative forms
- flane, flain (Scotland)
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”).
Noun
flone (plural flones)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) An arrow.
Related terms
- flo
Anagrams
- felon
Middle English
Noun
flone
- Alternative form of flon