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Norman
Etymology
From Old French flor, flur, from Latin flōs, flōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“flower, blossom”).
Noun
flleur f (plural flleurs)
- (Guernsey) flower
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 537:A flleur de Mars—ni pouque ni sac;
A flleur d'Avril—pouque et baril;
A flleur de Mai—barrique et touné.- Blossom in March requires neither bag nor sac;
Blossom in April fills bag and barrel;
Blossom in May fills hogshead and tun.
- (Guernsey) flour