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Old English · adjective

flacor

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈflɑ.kor/
Syllables
ˈflɑ · kor (2 syllables)
Modern English
flyingflickeringfluttering

Meaning

  1. flying

  2. flickering, fluttering

Declension

Strong declension of flacor
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative flacorflacorflacor
Accusative flacorneflacoreflacor
Genitive flacoresflacorreflacores
Dative flacorumflacorreflacorum
Instrumental flacoreflacorreflacore
Plural
Nominative flacoreflacoraflacoreflacor
Accusative flacoreflacoraflacoreflacor
Genitive flacorraflacorraflacorra
Dative flacorumflacorumflacorum
Instrumental flacorumflacorumflacorum
Weak declension of flacor
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative flacoraflacoreflacore
Accusative flacoranflacoranflacore
Genitive flacoranflacoranflacoran
Dative flacoranflacoranflacoran
Instrumental flacoranflacoranflacoran
Plural
Nominative flacoranflacoranflacoran
Accusative flacoranflacoranflacoran
Genitive flacorraflacorenaflacorraflacorenaflacorraflacorena
Dative flacorumflacorumflacorum
Instrumental flacorumflacorumflacorum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flakur, from Proto-Germanic *flakuraz (“shaking, wavering”), related to *flakurōną (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *plag- (“to roam, wander”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to wander”). Akin to Old High German flagarōn (“to flicker, flutter”), Old Norse flakka (“to wander”), Old Norse flǫkra (“to wander”), Old English flicorian (“to flutter”), Latin palari (“to wander”), Ancient Greek πλανᾱ́σθαι (planā́sthai, “to wander”), Old Norse flana (“to wander”). More at flaunt.

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