flæsc

flæsc

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of flesh

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

• IPA^(key): /flæːʃ/

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.

Strong i-stem:

• flǣsċhūs
• flǣsċmete

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