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

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