flemen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Possibly related to Middle Dutch fleeuwen (“to coax, cajole”), which is likely akin to the synonym vleien. For the alternation between -w- and -m- between fleeuwen and flemen, the cases of schremen and schreeuwen (both meaning "to scream") have been adduced as comparanda, but there does not seem to be a clear explanation that would account for this seemingly irregular alternation. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

flemen

1. (intransitive) to sweet-talk, wheedle, cajole

   Synonym: vleien

Conjugation

Conjugation of flemen (weak)
infinitive	flemen
past singular	fleemde
past participle	gefleemd
infinitive	flemen
gerund	flemen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fleem	fleemde
2nd person sing. (jij)	fleemt, fleem2	fleemde
2nd person sing. (u)	fleemt	fleemde
2nd person sing. (gij)	fleemt	fleemde
3rd person singular	fleemt	fleemde
plural	flemen	fleemden
subjunctive sing.1	fleme	fleemde
subjunctive plur.1	flemen	fleemden
imperative sing.	fleem
imperative plur.1	fleemt
participles	flemend	gefleemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• gefleem

Etymology 2

From German flehmen.

Een flemende geitenbok.

Verb

flemen

1. (intransitive, zoology) to flehm

Conjugation

Conjugation of flemen (weak)
infinitive	flemen
past singular	fleemde
past participle	gefleemd
infinitive	flemen
gerund	flemen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	fleem	fleemde
2nd person sing. (jij)	fleemt, fleem2	fleemde
2nd person sing. (u)	fleemt	fleemde
2nd person sing. (gij)	fleemt	fleemde
3rd person singular	fleemt	fleemde
plural	flemen	fleemden
subjunctive sing.1	fleme	fleemde
subjunctive plur.1	flemen	fleemden
imperative sing.	fleem
imperative plur.1	fleemt
participles	flemend	gefleemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Further reading

• flemen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “flemen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), with a noun-forming suffix -men. Cognate with Latin flō (“I blow”), English blow, Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”), Albanian plas (“to blow, explode”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfleː.men/, [ˈfɫ̪eːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.men/, [ˈflɛːmen]

Noun

flēmen n (genitive flēminis); third declension

1. A bloody swelling about the ankles

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	flēmen	flēmina
genitive	flēminis	flēminum
dative	flēminī	flēminibus
accusative	flēmen	flēmina
ablative	flēmine	flēminibus
vocative	flēmen	flēmina

References

• “flemina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flemen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• flem, fleme
• flæmen, fleome (Early Middle English)
• vleme (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English flīeman (“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam (“flight, flow”) as if Proto-West Germanic *flaumijan; by surface analysis, fleme (“exile”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleːmən/

Verb

flemen (third-person singular simple present flemeth, present participle flemende, flemynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle flemed)

1. To drive away or banish; to force out.
   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xxxviij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book IX, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:

     Sir kynge, ye ded a fowle shame whan ye flemyd Sir Trystram oute of thys contrey, for ye nedid nat to have doughted no knyght and he had bene here.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. To (legally or officially exile from a jurisdiction.
   2. To remove or expel (a spirit or emotion)
2. (rare) To denounce or damn; to speak against.
3. (rare) To be expelled or forced out.

Conjugation

Conjugation of flemen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) flemen, fleme
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fleme	flemed
2nd-person singular	flemest	flemedest
3rd-person singular	flemeth	flemed
subjunctive singular	fleme
imperative singular		—
plural1	flemen, fleme	flemeden, flemede
imperative plural	flemeth, fleme	—
participles	flemynge, flemende	flemed, yflemed

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: fleme (obsolete)
• Scots: fleem, fleme (obsolete)

References

• “flẹ̄men, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.