fló

From Old Norse fló, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”).

• IPA^(key): /flouː/
• Rhymes: -ouː

fló f (genitive singular flóar, nominative plural flær)

1. flea

From Proto-Germanic *flohō, from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“broad, flat”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”).

fló f (genitive flóar, plural flœr)

1. layer, stratum

• Icelandic: fló
• Norwegian Bokmål: flo
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flo
  • → English: floe

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fló”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 142; also available at the Internet Archive
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on fló.

From Proto-Germanic *flauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *plówkos, a variant of *plúsis (“flea”). Compare Old English flēah (English flea), Dutch vlo, Old High German flōh (German Floh).

fló f (genitive flóar, plural flœr)

1. flea

• Icelandic: fló
• ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: matflo
• Old Norse: *marrfló
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marflo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: marflo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fló

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of fljúga
2. first/third-person singular past indicative active of flýja

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fló

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of flá

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fló”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 142; also available at the Internet Archive
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on fló.