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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

  1. 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
  2. floor, deck; gangplank

Declension

Declension of flor
SingularPlural
Nominative flōrflōraflōre
Accusative flōrflōreflōraflōre
Genitive flōraflōreflōra
Dative flōraflōreflōrum

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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