flone

== English == === Alternative forms === flane, flain (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English flon, flone, flan, from Old English flān (“barb, arrow, javelin, dart”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“fork-point, prong, hook, spear-tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to divide, split, splice”). Cognate with Icelandic fleinn (“thorn, arrow, dart, pike, fluke”). === Noun === flone (plural flones) (now chiefly UK dialectal) An arrow. ==== Related terms ==== flo === Anagrams === felon == Middle English == === Noun === flone alternative form of flon