Noun (usually uncountable, plural flerds)
- Deceit; falsehood.
Origin 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.
