Middle English Dictionary Entry
flexen adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | flexen adj. Also flaxen. |
| Etymology | OE fleaxen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Made of linen; (b) in surnames: having the color of dressed flax, flaxen.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)221 : Tak cotun or old smal flexon cloþ in peces.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)238/18 : Or take an olde flaxen clothe þat ys clene waschyd and brenne yt to poudyr.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)58/18 : Wynd hyre al a-boute with a smal flexin clout.
b
- (1273) Hundred R.Tower 1449 : Hugo Flaxeneber' [read: berd].
- (1273) Hundred R.Tower 2500 : Ricardus Flaxennehed.