flana

See also: flâna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flana, possibly from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Borrowed into French as flâner (“to loiter, waste time”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːna

Verb

flana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flanaði, supine flanað)

1. (intransitive) to act rashly, get into something heedlessly, to rush

   Synonyms: gana, álpast, æða, gera í fljótræði

   Það er best að fara sér hægt og flana ekki að neinu.

   It's best to go slowly and not rush into anything.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• flana að
• flana ekki að

See also

• bráðlæti
• fljótfærni
• óðslegur

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “flaneur”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “flaneur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Old English

Noun

flāna

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of flān