Obs. Also 4 flegel. [a. OF. flageol, flagel, flajol, a. Pr. flajol, flaujol; of unknown origin: the vulgar Lat. type would be flaviolus.

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  Diez’s suggestion of derivation from Rom. flauto flute is untenable on phonological grounds.]

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  = FLAGEOLET.

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c. 1325.  Coer de L., 6680.

        They lookyd up to the castèl,
They herde no pype, ne flagel.

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a. 1330.  Fragm. Alexander, in Rouland & V. (1836), p. xx. The wane gan a flegel blawe.

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