An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Flor

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Flor, masculine, ‘gauze, crape, bloom,’ Modern High German only; formed from Dutch floers; akin to Middle High German floier, ‘headdress with dangling ribbons’ (compare Schleier)?, flôrsen, ‘adornment, finery’?.