giving off a noise like flaying

sound of flaying / whoosh

to stir, shake, shift, swing / (as of a machine or device) to operate, run, go, work / (as of a person or group) to work, go into action / (emotionally) to be moved, touched, influenced

to move

(obsolete) to move

to stand, to place in an upright position / to release something physical but not solid or liquid / (Internet slang) to start (a thread)

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

the past / ancient times

old

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend