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Old English · adjective

flæsclic

Normalised flǣsċlīċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈflæːʃˌliːt͡ʃ/
Syllables
ˈflæːʃ · ˌliːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
fleshlycarnal

Meaning

  1. fleshly, carnal

    Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas.

    Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From flǣsċ + -līċ.

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