Meaning of flein | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a layer of hard ice crust on the ground
   dialectal, masculine
2. a knot, scab or wound, especially on a cow, horse or sheep
   dialectal, neuter
3. an arrow with a barb
   masculine

Examples

“fleinen lå over landet i uendelige miles omkrets og tynet renen”

the ice crust lay over the land for endless miles and bothered the reindeer

“[se til] om ikke et trangt hjerte kan skaffe langrompesauen din baade klaae og flein”

[see] if a narrow heart can not get your long-tailed sheep both to scratch and scab

“da fløi en pil af den slags som kaldes flein, og kom i kong Haakons arm”

then an arrow of the kind called barbed arrow flew, and came into King Haakon's arm

“[Jarl] skjøt med flein og frankiske spyd”

[Jarl] shot with barbed arrows and Frankish spears