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FLÓR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FLÓR, gen. flóre; dat. flóre, flóra; acc. flór, flóre; f: flór, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§398;
A FLOOR: păvimentum, sŏlum, ārea
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  • Flór on húse

    a floor in a house;

    excussōrium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 29
      • ;
    • Som. 61, 34
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 26, 33.

  • Flór

    păvīmentum,

    • Wrt. Voc. 290, 10.

  • Flór

    păvīmentum vel sŏlum,

    • Wrt. Voc. 81, 7.

  • Breda þiling >vel flór on to þerscenne

    a joining of planks or a floor to thresh on,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 57
      • ;
    • Som. 67, 73
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 37, 59.

  • Scipes flór

    a ship's floor, gangway;

    fŏri,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 103
      • ;
    • Som. 77, 116
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 56, 36.

  • Ís glisnaþ glæshluttur, flór forste geworht

    ice glittereth transparent as glass, a floor caused by frost,

    • Runic pm. 11
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 341, 18
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135, 22.

  • Flór áttre weól

    the floor [of hell] boiled with venom,

    • Cd. 220
      • ;
    • Th. 284, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 318: 213
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 17
      • ;
    • Sat. 39.

  • Swá swá ǽlces húses wah biþ fæst ǽgðer ge on ðære flóre, ge on ðæm hrófe, swá biþ ǽlc gód on Gode fæst, forðæm he is ǽlces gódes ǽgðer ge hróf ge flór

    as the wall of every house is fixed both to the floor and to the roof, so is every good fixed in God, for he is both the roof and the floor of every good,

    • Bt. 36, 7;
    • Fox 184, 11-14.

  • Ætfealh mín sáwul flóre [flóra, Spl.]

    adhæsit păvīmento anĭma mea,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 25.

  • He gang æfter flóre

    he went along the floor,

    • Beo. Th. 2636
      • ;
    • B. 1316.

  • Ðú ðæm wættere foldan to flóre gesettest

    thou settest the earth for a floor to the water,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 181
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 91.

  • On flóra

    on the floor,

    • Cd. 315
      • ;
    • Th. 271, 24
      • ;
    • Sat. 110: Homl. Th. ii. 56, 33: 334, 35.

  • He gefeóll on ða flór

    he fell on the floor,

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 3: 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 4.

  • He feól on ða flóre,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 161
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 81: Judth. 10
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 8
      • ;
    • Jud. 111.

  • He feormaþ his bernes flóre

    purgābit āream suam,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 17.

  • On fágne flór feónd treddode

    the fiend trod on the variegated floor,

    • Beo. Th. 1454
      • ;
    • B. 725.
Etymology
[
Orm. flor
:
Plat. floor
:
Dut. vloer, m
:
Ger. flur, f. field
:
M. H. Ger. vluor, m. sĕges
:
O. H. Ger. flúr sĕges
:
Icel. flór, m. a floor, pavement
:
Wel. llawr, m. a floor.
]
Derived forms
bere-flór, helle-, þirsce-, þyrscel-, up-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLÓR.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11007.

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