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”)