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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

flame sb. XIV. ME. flaume, flam(m)e — AN. *flaume, OF. flame, (also mod.) flamme :- L. flamma, f. base repr. by FLAGRANT.
So as vb. XIV. — OF. flam(m)er.

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