flacker

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Definition von flacker im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

to flutter as a bird

And the cherubins flackered with their wings. --Ezek. x. 19 (Coverdale's translation).

to flicker, quiver

To flutter, as a bird

Etymologie

() From Middle English flakeren (“to flutter, waver”), frequentative of Middle English flaken (“to move quickly back and forth”). Akin to Old Dutch flakkeren (“to flicker, waver”), German flackern (“to flare, flicker, flutter”), Icelandic flökra (“to flutter”), Icelandic flakka (“to rove about”), Old English flacor (“flying, fluttering”). See also flack, flicker.