fley

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]

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