Middle English Dictionary Entry
flakeren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | flakeren v. |
| Etymology | Cp. flakken (from OI flakka flutter, flicker). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. flakken & flikeren.
1.
(a) To flutter or wave; (b) to falter; (c) to flatter.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)723 : E des eyles paunde [glossed: flakerers] peschoun.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1410 : Foles in foler flakerande bitwene.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)26309 : Manye a banere on lofte tho..with þe wynd Flakerid faste abowte.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)92 : Fawkons of fyne golde, flakerande with wynges.
b
- a1500(?c1400) Gowther (Adv 19.3.1)428 : He gard stedus for to stakur And knyȝttus hartys for to flakur, When blod þro brenus brast.
c
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)222 : Dusie men & adotede..flakereð hire of freolac.