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Old English · noun

flæsc

Normalised flǣsċ

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/flæːʃ/
Syllables
flæːʃ (1 syllable)
Modern English
flesh

Meaning

  1. flesh

    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
  2. meat

    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

Declension of flæsc
SingularPlural
Nominative flǣsċflǣsċ
Accusative flǣsċflǣsċ
Genitive flǣsċesflǣsċa
Dative flǣsċeflǣsċum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Descendants

flesh

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