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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”).

More Old English words

• flacg
• flacor
• flacorian
• flah
• flanhræd
• flaniht
• flanþracu
• flasce

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