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refleue (c.1365)

refleue (c.1365)

reflewe  
  FEW:  fluere *3,642a / refluere *10,192a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  reflow n.  MED: DMLBS:  refluus 2706b / refluvium 2706c

The context is not clear, and the expression may be intended in a more figurative way, i.e. ‘in the to-and-fro-ing’.

s.

dedens la flue et la refleue
geog.marit.on the foreshore, between low and high water marks (?)
( c.1365 )  Et s'il avient q'un homme mehayne ung autre dedens la fleue et la refleue (var. (V: s.xv1) deins le flewe et reflewe), et de ce soit attaint qu’il estoit commenceur du contake, il sera mys en prison tant qu’il fut gree au mehayné  Blk Bk Adm 54

[gdw]

See also:

flue  reflot  refluer 
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refleue