flowndre

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Middle English

Alternative forms

flowndur, flondyre, flounder, ffloundre, floundre, flundre

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfluːndər/, /ˈflundər/, /ˈfluːndrə/

Noun

flowndre (plural flowndres)

flounder (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. or a similar fish)

Descendants

English: flounder
Scots: flunner, flunder

References

“flǒunder (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

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