fleme

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (to put to flight, drive away, banish), from flēam (flight).

Verb

fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.

Middle English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleːm(ə)/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English flīema (fugitive, exile, outlaw), from flīeman (to escape). Compare flem.

Alternative forms

Noun

fleme

  1. (poetic) One who is banished; an exile, outcast, or fugitive.

Adjective

fleme

  1. (poetic) Banished, exiled.
References

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French flieme, from Vulgar Latin *fletoma, from Late Latin phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos), φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon).

Alternative forms

Noun

fleme

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) A lancet or fleam.
Descendants
  • English: fleam
References

Noun

fleme

  1. Alternative form of flem

Noun

fleme

  1. Alternative form of flewme

Verb

fleme

  1. Alternative form of flemen

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan flecme, from Vulgar Latin fletoma, from Latin phlebotomus.

Noun

fleme m (plural flemes)

  1. a veterinary lancet

Further reading

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