FLÓR

gen. flóre; dat. flóre, flóra; acc. flór, flóre; f: flór, es; m. A FLOOR: păvimentum, sŏlum, ārea :-- 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 andthe 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. [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.] DER. bere-flór, helle-, þirsce-, þyrscel-, up-. flor