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

• flata

Noun

flaten m or f

1. definite masculine singular of flate