flæsc

Middle English

Noun

flæsc

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of flesh

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæːʃ/

Noun

flǣsċ n

1. 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."

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ongunnon ealle ðā nǣddran tō ċēowenne heora flæsċ and heora blōd sucan, þæt hī þæt āttor ūt ātugon

     Then all the snakes began to chew their flesh and suck their blood in order to draw out the venom.

2. 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.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	flǣsċ	flǣsċ
accusative	flǣsċ	flǣsċ
genitive	flǣsċes	flǣsċa
dative	flǣsċe	flǣsċum

Derived terms

• flǣsċhūs
• flǣsċmete

Descendants

• Middle English: flesh
  • English: flesh
  • Scots: flesch
  • Yola: vleash, vlesh