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Definition flay

Etymology 1

From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *fl?e?an ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: ?fl?e?an), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijan? (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causitive of Proto-Germanic *fleugan? (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-k-, *plew- (“to run, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Old High German arflaugjan ("to frighten, cause to flee"; whence Middle High German ervlougen (“to put to flight, drive away, expel”)), Icelandic fleygja (“to throw away, discard”), Gothic ??-???????? (us-flaugjan, “to cause to fly”).

Verb

flay (third-person singular simple present flays, present participle flaying, simple past and past participle flayed)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
3. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.

Noun

flay (plural flays)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare.
2. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

Etymology 2

From Middle English flen, from Old English fl?an from Proto-Germanic *flahan?. Cognate with Norwegian and Danish flå.

Verb

flay (third-person singular simple present flays, present participle flaying, simple past flayed, past participle flayed or (obsolete) flain)

1. to strip skin off
2. to lash

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