beflean

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ flēan.

Verb

beflēan

  1. To flay, take off the skin or bark.
  2. To strip off skin or bark.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • beflagen flǣsċ

Descendants
  • Middle English: biflean

References
  • befleán in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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