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flana.

to act rashly, get into something heedlessly, to rush

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to act rashly, get into something heedlessly, to rush

    intransitive · weak
    Það er best að fara sér hægt og flana ekki að neinu.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse flana, possibly from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Borrowed into French as flâner (“to loiter, waste time”).

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