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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse flom, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flood”).
Noun
flom c (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flomme, definite plural flommene)
- flood
Derived terms
References
Middle English
Noun
flom
- alternative form of flum
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse flaumr. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk flaum. Spelling Flom is attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.
Noun
flom m (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flommer, definite plural flommene)
- a flood
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
flom
- imperative of flomme
References
- “flom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
flom m (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flommar, definite plural flommane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of flaum
Volapük
Noun
flom (nominative plural floms)
- forehead
Declension
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only