Middle English Dictionary Entry
flōsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | flōsen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI flosa a slice, a shell; ?cp. also OI flosna wither. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To splinter (something), split into small parts; (b) flosen umbe, ?to envelope; ?to droop about (someone).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Wit & W.(Cmb Res.b.162)E/8 : He haued Flosed of Faxies frunt one ferthinges brede.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1689 : Faxe fyltered, and felt flosed hym umbe, Þat schad fro his schulderes..And twentyfolde twynande hit to his tos raȝt.