flen

See also: Flen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.

Alternative forms

fleon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fleːn/, /fløːn/

Verb

flen

to flee

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

English: flee
Scots: flee
⇒ Yola: flaadhokes

References

“flẹ̄n, v.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From fle +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

flen

plural of fle

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

flen (sjukdom)

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Etymology

Compare Norwegian old Spydeberg dialect Fleen (“tumor on skin”), probably not etymologically related to Norwegian Nynorsk fleinsopp or fleinskalla, neither to Old Norse fleinn.

Noun

flen c

(northern Sweden, usually in the singular) a cyst, a gout, a tumor, a skin swelling
(Southern, usually in the singular) heartburn, pyrosis
(usually in the singular) a kind of cow udder disease

Declension

Declension of **flen**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flen	flens
singular	definite	flenen	flenens
plural	indefinite	flenar	flenars
plural	definite	flenarna	flenarnas

Derived terms

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [flen]

Noun

flen (nominative plural flens)

(male or female) friend
- 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 13:
  Fat obik ed olikan binoms flens.
  My father and yours are friends.

Declension

declension of flen

	singular	plural
nominative	flen	flens
genitive	flena	flenas
dative	flene	flenes
accusative	fleni	flenis
vocative ¹	o flen!	o flens!
predicative ²	flenu	flenus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Antonyms

neflen (“enemy”)

Hyponyms

hiflen (“male friend, he-friend”)
jiflen (“female friend, she-friend”)

Derived terms

Terms derived from flen (noun)