Old English · noun

flet

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /flet/
Syllables: flet (1 syllable)
Modern English: flet cottage floor ground

flet1 · noun · neuter

Senses

the floor, ground

Heó on flet gecrong

She sank to the ground.
a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall

Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe.

If the house be stained with blood.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of flet
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flet	flet
Accusative	flet	flet
Genitive	fletes	fleta
Dative	flete	fletum

flet2 · noun · feminine · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of flīete

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of flet
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flēt	flēte flēta
Accusative	flēt flēte	flēte flēta
Genitive	flēte	flēta
Dative	flēte	flētum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”).

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautiz.

Descendants

flet

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