Old English · noun

fliete

Normalised flīete

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈfli͜yː.te/
Syllables: ˈfli͜yː · te (2 syllables)
Modern English: cream curds skimming

Meaning

cream, skimming, curds

Hwít sealt dó on reám oððe góde fléte.

Put white salt into cream or good skimmings.

Declension

Declension of fliete
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	flīete	flīetan
Accusative	flīetan	flīetan
Genitive	flīetan	flīetena
Dative	flīetan	flīetum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautijǭ. Cognate with Danish fløde (“cream”), Icelandic fleytið (“skimming”), Norwegian fløte (“cream”). Ultimately cognate with Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).

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