flesc

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Noun

flēsc n

1. meat, flesh
2. body (as opposed to mind)
3. mortal, human
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     Gehōri gebet mīn, te thī alla fleisc cuman sal.

     Hear my prayer, every mortal shall come to you.

Inflection

Declension of flēsc (neuter a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	flēsc	flēsc
accusative	flēsc	flēsc
genitive	flēskes	flēsco
dative	flēske	flēscon

Alternative forms

• fleisc

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: vlêesch
  • Dutch: vlees, vleesch (obsolete), vleis (dialectal, Eastern Netherlands, North Holland)
    • Afrikaans: vleis
    • Negerhollands: vleesch, fleis, vleis
    • → West Frisian: fleis
  • Limburgish: vleisj

Further reading

• “flēsk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 64