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pertaining to the material body, human, mortal
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  • Þú wást ꝥ ic eom flǽsclic man,

    • Bl. H. 231, 25
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  • Þú ǽr gesáwe æfter flǽsclicre gecynde fægre leomu on tó seónne,

    • 113, 21.
animal in contrast with human:
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  • Mýs and flæá sint flésclicu nýtenu,

    • Solil. H. 16, 8
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connected by, or based upon, ties of flesh and blood, natural
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  • Þám filigde sum flǽsclic bróðor tó mynstre, ná for gecnyrdnysse góddre drohtnunge, ac for flǽsclicere lufe. Se gástlica brðdor . . . and his flǽsclica bróðor,

    • Hml. Th. i. 532, 31-35
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carnal in contrast with spiritual, worldly
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  • His þegnas wǽron þágyt flǽsclices módes, and nǽron mid gástes mægene getremede,

    • Bl. H. 17, 6
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pertaining to bodily appetites, carnal, sensual
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  • Flǽslicra leahtra cwylming

    carnalium uitiorum mortificatio,

    • An. Ox. 40, 22
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  • Seó menego tácnode þá flǽsclican willan and þá ungeréclican uncysta,

    • Bl. H. 19, 6.
sexual:
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  • Flǽsclicum gemange

    carnali commercio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 73
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Bosworth, Joseph. “flǽsc-lic.” 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/45154.

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