fleme

== English == === Alternative forms === fleem === Etymology === From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam (“flight”). === Verb === fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed) (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish. == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfleːm(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English flīema (“fugitive, exile, outlaw”), from flīeman (“to escape”). Compare flem. ==== Alternative forms ==== fleem flæme, flemæ (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== fleme (poetic) One who is banished; an exile, outcast, or fugitive. ===== Related terms ===== flemen outfleme ==== Adjective ==== fleme (poetic) Banished, exiled. ===== References ===== “flẹ̄me, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old French flieme, from Vulgar Latin *fletoma, from Late Latin phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos), φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon). ==== Alternative forms ==== fleom ==== Noun ==== fleme (Late Middle English, rare) A lancet or fleam. ===== Descendants ===== English: fleam → Welsh: fflaim ===== References ===== “flẹ̄me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== fleme alternative form of flem === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== fleme alternative form of flewme === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== fleme alternative form of flemen == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Occitan flecme, from Vulgar Latin fletoma, from Latin phlebotomus. === Noun === fleme m (plural flemes) a veterinary lancet === Further reading === “fleme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025