beflean

== Old English == === Etymology === From be- +‎ flēan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈflæ͜ɑːn/ === Verb === beflēan to flay, take off the skin or bark to strip off skin or bark ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== beflagen flǣsċ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: biflean English: beflay === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “befleán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.