Middle English Dictionary Entry
filanders n. plural
Entry Info
Forms | filanders n. plural |
Etymology | OF filandre; cp. OF fil thread. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hawk. A kind of (?threadlike) intestinal worms.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)297 : For wormes within the hawk, called fflylaundris.