Middle English Dictionary Entry
flou n.
Entry Info
| Forms | flou n. Also flo. |
| Etymology | From flou, past of flien v.. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Surging (of the sea); a wave; (b) the Flood; Noes flou; (c) high tide; (d) ?scum, froth.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)38/112 : Go sey to noe..Thei xul not drede þe flodys fflowe: þe fflod xal harme them nowht.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)646 : Than Bediuer wente in to a bote that was full of the flos of the see [OF li flos de mer].
b
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)319/1377 : I am Abraham, fadyr trowe, þat reyned after noes flowe.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2013 : After an ebbe a flowe folweth ay.
d
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)156/473 : Take stronge vynegre or aysell and do in a vessell of brass, and the blake flo of the wode and wormode do þer with.