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flá, a strong dat. flá occurs: dat. pl. flán(?)
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  • Hé gebende his bogan and mid geǽttrode flán (strǽle,

    • Bl. H. 199, 18
      • )

  • ðone fearr ofsceótan wolde; ac seó geǽttrode flá wende ongeán . . . Se mann mid his ágenre flán ofscoten wæs,

    • Hml. Th. i. 502, 17-30.

  • Hé wearð mid ánre flán ofscoten

    telo e muris jacto perfossus occidilur,

    • Ors. 3, ll
      • ;
    • S. 144, 27
      • .

  • Hé wearð gescoten mid ánre flá on ðám cneówe,

    • Hml. Th. 492, 5
      • .

  • Weartð se cyng Willelm en huntnoðe fram his ánan men mid ánre flá ofsceoten,

    • Chr. Iioo
      • ;
    • P. 235, 17
      • .

  • Flá ł gafeluca

    jaculo, i. sagitta,

    • Hpt. Gl. 432, 43
      • .

  • Micel líget fleáh swilce flán . . . and hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene,

    • Hml. Th. i. 504, 29-506, 1
      • .

  • Wurdon hí mid deófles flán (or sing. ?) þurhscotene,

    • 62, 28
      • .

  • Hé ðá ǽttrigan flán costnunge ádwǽscte,

    • ii. 140, 26.

  • Hé lǽteð strǽle fleógan, farende flán,

    • Ru. 4, 57
      • .
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[v.
N. E. D. flo.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “flá.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45138.

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