Old English · noun
flæschus
Normalised flǣsċhūs
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈflæːʃ.xuːs/[ˈflæːʃ.huːs]
- Syllables
- ˈflæːʃ · xuːs (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fleshhousecarnleliscarnālisshopglossesmeat
Meaning
-
a fleshhouse (glosses Latin carnālis (“carnāle”)); meat shop
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | flǣsċhūs | flǣsċhūs |
| Accusative | flǣsċhūs | flǣsċhūs |
| Genitive | flǣsċhūses | flǣsċhūsa |
| Dative | flǣsċhūse | flǣsċhūsum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *flaiskihūs (“slaughterhouse, shambles”), equivalent to flǣsċ (“flesh”) + hūs (“house”).
Descendants
fleshhouse
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