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Old English · noun

fleam

Normalised flēam

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/flæ͜ɑːm/
Syllables
flæ͜ɑːm (1 syllable)
Modern English
escapefleamflight

Meaning

  1. escape, flight

    Fram sagum ne biþ nān flēam: hīe nabbaþ nānne anġinn and nānne ende.

    There is no escape from stories: they have no beginning and no end.

Declension

Declension of fleam
SingularPlural
Nominative flēamflēamas
Accusative flēamflēamas
Genitive flēamesflēama
Dative flēameflēamum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaumaz.

Descendants

fleam

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