Earg-scipe
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - earg-scipe
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- earg-scipe
- Substitute: I. cowardice, pusillanimity. I:--Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se mánfulla deófol sendeð wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype (base cowardice), Wlfst. 53, 12. II. profligacy. v. earg, II:--Ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio reprehensam, Jn. p. 5, 8. [Heo mid ærhscape arnden to heolde and letten slæn heore folc, Laym. 12411. Icel. arg-skapr cowardice.] earg-scipe,eargscipe