FLAUMR
nafnorðkarlkyn
m. [Norse flom; A. S. fleam; Dutch. fleem]
1. an eddy, Bs. ii. 5: poët. the din of battle, hildar f., göndlar f., Lex. Poët.
2. metaph. a bevy, crowd; kvenna f., a bevy of ladies, Fs. (Hallfred): in the phrase, nema e-n flaumi, to bereave one of company and glee, Jd. 5, Ísl. ii. 252 (in a verse); flaums felli-dómr, the hasty judgment of a crowd, (Sighvat).