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fley

[fley]
–verb, fleyed, fley⋅ing. Chiefly Scot.
to frighten; terrify.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME flaien, fleien, OE -flīgan (in ā-flȳgan); c. ON fleygia to cause to fly. Cf. fly 1


fley⋅ed⋅ly [fley-id-lee] , adverb
fley⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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fley   (flā)   
tr.v.   fleyed, fley·ing, fleys Scots
To frighten.

[Middle English fleien, from Old English flȳgan, flēgan; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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