fleet
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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fleet2 (dial.) run of water OE.; (hist.)
The Fleet that flowing into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and
Fleet Street; (hence) the prison near it XIII. OE.
flēot (also
flēote or
-a), corr. to OFris.
flēt, (M)Du.
vliet, MHG.
vliez, ON.
fljót, f. Gmc. *
fleut -FLEET3.
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