Old English · noun
flor
Normalised flōr
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong u-stem
- IPA
- /floːr/
- Syllables
- floːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- floorpavementdeckgangplank
Meaning
-
pavement, floor
Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sāwlode.
After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
floor, deck; gangplank
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōruz, u-stem variant of Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“ground, floor”).
Descendants
floor
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