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Middle English
Noun
fleis
- Alternative form of flees
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
fleis m (definite singular fleisen, indefinite plural fleiser, definite plural fleisene)
- (colloquial) face
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fleis m (definite singular fleisen, indefinite plural fleisar, definite plural fleisane)
- (colloquial) face
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Scots
Verb
fleis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of flei
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian flāsk, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski. Cognates include English flesh and Dutch vlees.
Pronunciation
Noun
fleis n (no plural)
- meat
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fleis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011