flana
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See also: flâna
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse flana, possibly from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Borrowed into French as flâner (“to loiter, waste time”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aːna
Verb[edit]
flana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flanaði, supine flanað)
- (intransitive) to act rashly, get into something heedlessly, to rush
- Það er best að fara sér hægt og flana ekki að neinu.
- It's best to go slowly and not rush into anything.
Conjugation[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms[edit]
- (act rashly): gana, álpast, æða, gera í fljótræði
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “flaneur”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “flaneur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːna
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːna/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
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