Fela-sprǽce

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fela-sprǽce

adj. Speaking much, loquacious, using many words with intent to deceive :-- Felospraeci, feluspréci trifulus, trufulus, Txts. 102, 1009. Huelc wíte wéne wé ðæt se felasprǽcea (-sprǽca, ) scyle habban ðe simle on ofersprǽce syngað pensemus quae poena multiloquium maneat, in quo etiam per noxia verba peccatur, Past. 281, 14. On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ðá bilwitan (simplices), on óðre ðá felasprǽcan (impuri; cf. ðá lytegan, 237, 6), 175, 21. [O. H. Ger. filu-spráhhi procax, verbosus, linguosus. Cf. Icel. fjöl-málugr tattling ; fjöl-mæli tattle, slander.] fela-spræce

Related words: l.