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FLǼSC

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FLǼSC, es; pl. nom. acc. flǽsc; gen. flǽsca, flǽscea; dat. flǽscum; n: flésc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §295; §312; §393; §419;
FLESH; căro
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  • Se gást is hræd, and ðæt flǽsc ys untrum

    spīrītus promptus est, căro autem inflrma,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 41: Mk. Bos. 14, 38.

  • Ðæt Word wæs geworden flǽsc, and wunode on us

    the Word became flesh, and dwelt in us,

    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 17: Exon. 9b
      • ;
    • Th. 8, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 123: 16b
      • ;
    • Th. 37, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 597.

  • Sóþlíce mín flǽsc is mete, and mín blód ys drinc

    căro ĕnim mea vēre est cĭbus, et sanguis meus vēre est pōtus,

    • Jn. Bos. 6, 55: Lk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 2, 23: 6, 3: Ps. Spl. 15, 9: Ps. Lamb
      • ;
    • 55, 4: 77, 39.

  • Ge-endung ealles flǽsces com ætfóran me

    fīnis ūnĭversæ carnis vēnit cōram me,

    • Gen. 6, 13, 19: Jn. Bos. 1, 13.

  • In flǽsce

    in the flesh,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 475
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 238: Apstls. Kmbl. 73
      • ;
    • Ap. 37.

  • Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce

    true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh,

    • Bt. 30, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 110, 19.

  • Beóþ twegen on ánum flǽsce

    ĕrunt duo in carne una,

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 5: Mk. Bos. 10, 8.

  • Þurh ðæt flǽsc

    through the flesh,

    • Exon. 27a: Th. 80, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 1306: 13b
      • ;
    • Th. 16, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 418.

  • Flǽsce bifongen

    invested with flesh,

    • 84a
      • ;
    • Th. 316, 13
      • ;
    • Mód. 48: 98a
      • ;
    • Th. 308, 33
      • ;
    • Seel. 34.

  • Genam he án ribb of his sídan and gefylde mid flǽsce

    tŭlit ūnam de costis ejus et replēvit carnem pro ea,

    • Gen. 2, 21.

  • Beóþ ða syngan flǽsc scandum þurhwaden

    the sinful flesh shall be penetrated with scandals,

    • Exon. 26b
      • ;
    • Th. 78, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 1282.

  • Flǽsca gehwylc

    omnis căro,

    • Ps. Th. 144, 21.

  • He afēdeþ flǽscea [MS. flǽcsea] ǽghwylc

    qui dat escam omni carni,

    • 135, 26.
Etymology
[
Piers P. flesshe
:
Wyc. fleisch, fleixh, flehs
:
Laym. flæsce, flas, flæs
:
Orm. flæsh
:
Plat. fleesk, fleesch, n
:
O. Sax. flésk, fleisk, n
:
Frs. flæsck, flæsch
:
O. Frs. flask, flesk, n
:
Dut. vleesch, n
:
Ger. fleisch, n
:
M. H. Ger. vleisch, n
:
O. H. Ger. fleisc, n
:
Dan. flesk, n. bacon, pork
:
Swed. fläsk, n. pork, bacon
:
Icel. flesk, n. pork, ham, bacon.
]
Linked entries
v.  flǽc fléc flésc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FLǼSC.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10854.

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  • FLǼSC, n.

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