flesc

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flaiski.

Noun

flēsc n

1. meat, flesh
2. body (as opposed to mind)
3. mortal, human

Inflection

Declension of flesc (neuter strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	flēsc	flēsc
accusative	flēsc	flēsc
genitive	flēscis, -es	flēsco
dative	flēsce, -i	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