flæsc
Middle English
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flæːʃ/
Noun
flǣsċ n
- flesh
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Eft cwæþ Mōȳses be þām ilcan, "Mīn sweord itt flǣsċ."
- Moses also said about the same thing, "My sword eats flesh."
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- meat
- late 10th century, Life of Malchus
- Uncer mete wæs healfsoden flǣsċ and uncer wǣta wæs olfenda meolc.
- Our food was half-cooked meat and our drink was camel milk.
- late 10th century, Life of Malchus
Declension
Derived terms
- flǣsċhūs
- flǣsċmete
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