Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Deceit; falsehood.
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- noun
Deceit ;falsehood .
Etymologies
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From Middle English flerd, flærd, from Old English fleard ("nonsense, vanity, folly, deception, fraud, superstition"). Cognate with Old Danish flerdh, flær ("falsehood, deceit"), Swedish flärd ("vanity, frivolity, flamboyance"), Icelandic flærð ("deceit"). More at flird.
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Examples
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So was herodes fox ⁊ flerd. ðo c {ri} st kam i {n} {} to ðis middel {} erd. he seide he wulde him leuen on.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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