fleasg

a rod, wreath, Irish fleasg, garland, wand, sheaf, Old Irish flesc, rod, linea, *vleska, from *vledska, root vl$$.d; German wald, wood, English wold; Greek $$Ga$$'/lsos, grove; Church Slavonic vladi, hair. From the Celtic comes the French flèche, arrow, whence English Fletcher, arrow-maker. See fleisdear.