Old English · noun

flan

Normalised flān

Part of speech: noun, masculine / feminine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /flɑːn/
Syllables: flɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English: flone arrow

Meaning

arrow

Declension

Declension of flan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flān	flānas flāna flāne
Accusative	flān flāne	flānas flāna flāne
Genitive	flānes flāne	flāna
Dative	flāne	flānum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, spear with a tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, hook, spear-head”). Akin to Old Norse fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”).

Descendants

flone

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