fleying

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• fley — fleyedly /flay id lee/, adv. fleyedness, n. /flay/, v., fleyed, fleying. Chiefly Scot. to frighten; terrify. [1175 1225; ME flaien, fleien, OE fligan (in a flygan); c. ON fleygia to cause to fly. Cf. FLY1] * * * …   Universalium

• fley — ˈfləi, ˈflā verb (fleyed ; fleyed ; fleying ; fleys) Etymology: Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, āflȳgan, from ā , ar , perfective prefix + flēgan, flȳgan, causative from the root of English flee more at abear, flee …   Useful english dictionary