flen

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

flen

  1. to flee
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • English: flee
  • Scots: flee
  • ⇒ Yola: flaadhokes
References

Etymology 2

From fle +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

flen

  1. plural of fle

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Compare Norwegian old Spydeberg dialect Fleen (“tumor on skin”), probably not etymologically related to Norwegian Nynorsk fleinsopp or fleinskalla, neither to Old Norse fleinn.

Noun

flen c

  1. (northern Sweden, usually in the singular) a cyst, a gout, a tumor, a skin swelling
  2. (Southern, usually in the singular) heartburn, pyrosis
  3. (usually in the singular) a kind of cow udder disease

Declension

Declension of flen
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flen flens
definite flenen flenens
plural indefinite flenar flenars
definite flenarna flenarnas

Derived terms

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

flen (nominative plural flens)

  1. (male or female) friend
    • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 13:
      Fat obik ed olikan binoms flens.
      My father and yours are friends.

Declension

declension of flen
singular plural
nominative flen flens
genitive flena flenas
dative flene flenes
accusative fleni flenis
vocative 1 o flen! o flens!
predicative 2 flenu flenus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Antonyms

Hyponyms

  • hiflen (“male friend, he-friend”)
  • jiflen (“female friend, she-friend”)

Derived terms

Terms derived from flen (noun)
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia