beflean

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ flēan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beˈflæ͜ɑːn/

Verb

beflēan

to flay, take off the skin or bark
to strip off skin or bark

Conjugation

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Derived terms

beflagen flǣsċ

Descendants

Middle English: biflean
- English: beflay

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “befleán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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