fleme

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English flīema (fugitive, exile, outlaw).

Noun

fleme (plural flemes)

  1. (obsolete) One who is banished; an exile; outcast; fugitive.

Etymology 2

From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman (to put to flight, drive away, banish), from flēam (flight).

Alternative forms

  • fleem

Verb

fleme (third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)

  1. (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.
    • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: [] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [], London: Published by David Nutt, [], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
      , Bk.IX, Ch.xxxviij:
      Sir kynge, ye ded a fowle shame whan ye flemyd Sir Trystram oute of thys contrey, for ye nedid nat to have doughted no knyght and he had bene here.

Middle English

Noun

fleme

  1. Alternative form of flewme
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