fleyl

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === flaell, flayl, flayle, flayll, fleel, fleil, fleyle fleȝȝl (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English *flegel, fligel, from Proto-West Germanic *flagil, probably from Latin flagellum. Possibly a doublet of frayel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flæi̯l/ === Noun === fleyl (plural fleyles) A flail (tool for threshing grain) A whip or lash (flexible blunt weapon) (rare) A rotating bar used to secure a gate. ==== Descendants ==== English: flail (dialectal frail) Scots: flail Yola: vleal ==== References ==== “fleil, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.