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flaeler (s.xii1)
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flaeler (s.xii1)

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flaelier,  flaelir;  flaeller;  flaieler,  flaieller;  flaoler;  flayeler;  fleeler  
  FEW:  flagellare 3,595a Gdf:  flaeler 1 4,16b GdfC: ∅ TL: fläeler 3,1890 DEAF:  flaeler F537 DMF:  flaeller  TLF: ∅ OED:  flail v.  MED:  fleilen v.  DMLBS:  flagellare 956c

v.trans.

to scourge, whip: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) e fui flaelez tute jurn (Latin: Et fui flagellatus tota die)  Oxf Ps ANTS 84.82.14
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  (J.C.) Flaelé fu e en croiz mis  Pet Phil 2207
( MS: s.xiii )  flagello: flaol  TLL ii 114
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  nekedent fu il (=J.C.) [...] si honteusement flaelé  Ancren2 127.2
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  Aprés que Jhesus estoyt flayelé  Bible Holkham 56.1
♦fig.to scourge, chastise, punish: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Tot einsi fait Deus ses feiaus: Quant plus les bat, plus les rent beaus, Ço mostra bien en Romula, Car onqorors la flaiela  Dial Greg SATF 15648
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Deus est piteus [...] Kant plus flaele, plus ad merci  Mir N-D 18.115
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (St Francis:) De tes eles me coverez, cher Pere (= J.C.), De malurez ke me flaelent a tort  S Fran ANTS 4385
( 1272-1307 )  Deu me ad mis en tel estat e issi flaelé ke io ne pus [...] aler ne chevacher  King’s Bench i clxix
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  (God) flaele e chastie les fiz de Seinte Iglise  Apoc giffard 2913
♦fig.to mortify: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Par feims, par seif mut la (=the flesh) flaiele  S Modw 4727
flaeler de
to scourge, chastise, punish with: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  (God) pur lur (=the Israelites) deliverance les Egyptians de dis plaies flaela  Joshua Sermons i 13
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  (St Francis) Tut nu se mist e de sa cordele Le cheytif (=Satan’s) cors mut dur flaele  S Fran ANTS 2030

v. refl.

to scourge, whip oneself: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Vei la le haire et la cordelle, Dont nostre curiet se flaielle, Au fin q'il soit de Dieu loez  GOWER Mirour 20363

See also:

flael1  flageller  flaier  reflaeler 
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