English

Noun

fleme ‎(plural flemes)

1. (obsolete) One who is banished; an exile; outcast; fugitive.

Related terms

• outfleme

Etymology 2

From Middle English flemen, from Old English flȳman, flīeman ‎(“to put to flight, drive away, banish”), from flēam ‎(“flight”).

Alternative forms

• fleem

Verb

fleme ‎(third-person singular simple present flemes, present participle fleming, simple past and past participle flemed)

1. (obsolete) To drive away, chase off; to banish.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.IX, Ch.xxxviij:

     Sir kynge, ye ded a fowle shame whan ye flemyd Sir Trystram oute of thys contrey, for ye nedid nat to have doughted no knyght and he had bene here.