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, simple past and past participle flated)
- (intransitive) to feel nausea
Derived terms
- flating
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- flata
Noun
flaten m or f
- definite masculine singular of flate