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flone.

An arrow.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An arrow.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”).

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