flaten

See also: Flaten and flåten

Middle English

Etymology

From *vlate(n), a dialectal variant of wlaten (“to feel disgust or nausea”). Compare Scots vlatsum (“wlatsome”).

Verb

flaten (third-person singular simple present flateth, present participle flatende, flatynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle flated)

  1. (intransitive) to feel nausea

Derived terms

  • flating

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

flaten m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of flate
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