flem

See also: Flem

Latin

Verb

flem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of flō

References

• flem in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English flēam, from Proto-West Germanic *flaum, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.

Alternative forms

• fleem, fleme
• flæm, fleam, vlem (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm

Noun

flem

1. A watercourse, channel, or its flow.
2. (poetic) The act of fleeing; flight, escape.

Related terms

• fleme
• flemen

Descendants

• English: fleam (dialectal)
• Scots: fleem

References

• “flēm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “flēm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

flem

1. Alternative form of flemen

Romansch

Noun

flem m (plural flems) (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

1. Alternative form of flum (“river”)