flæsc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flaiską. Compare Old Dutch flēsk, fleisk, Old High German fleisk, Old Norse flesk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flæːʃ/

Noun

flǣsċ n

  1. flesh
  2. meat
    • c. 1154, the Peterborough Chronicle
      Þā wæs corn dīere, and flǣsċ and ċīese and butere.
      Grain was precious then, and meat and cheese and butter.

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Descendants

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