Flǽsc-mete

According to the Old English Dictionary:

flǽsc-mete

Add: Flesh (as opposed to fish and vegetables) as food :-- Þonne mé hingrigan ongan, þonne wǽron mé þá flǽscmettas on gewilnungum ; ic gyrnde þára fixa þe on Egyptum wǽron ; ic gewilnode þæs wínes, Hml. S. 23 b, 533. Ðæt hié ne wilnoden flǽscmetta cibos carnis non appetere, Past. 319, 8. Gyt flǽscmettum (carnibus) ic brúce, for þám cild ic eom, Coll. M. 34, 21. Unrihtlic bið þæt se crístena man flǽsclice lustas gefremme on þám tíman þe hé flǽscmettas forgán sceal, Wlfst. 286, 2. flæsc-mete