Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Flourettes, s. pl. flowerets, buds, R. 891.

Floury, adj. flowery, 3. 398; B 4. m 6. 20.

Floute, s. flute, HF. 1223.

Floutours, pl. flute-players, R. 763.

Flowen, pt. pl. and pp. of Flee (1).

Flowen, ger. to flow, T. iii. 1758; v. flow (in), 10. 61.

Floytinge, pres. pt. playing on the flute, A 91. See Floute.

Flye, s. fly, L. 392, 393, 395; A 4192, B 1361, D 835, F 1132, G 1150; Flyes, pl. flies, B 2. p 6. 28; bees, 5. 353; B 3. m 7. 2.

Flyen, pt. pl. of Flee (1).

Fneseth, pr. s. breathes heavily, puffs, snorts, H 62. See the note. A.S. fnēosan, to puff, fnæst, a puff, blast; cf. Gk. πνέω, I blow.