Gaffetung

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gaffetung

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gafetung, e;

gaffetung
f. A scoffing, mocking; dērīsio :-- Of ðisum leahtre beóþ acennede módes unstæððignys and ýdel gaffetung of this sin are born unsteadiness of mind and idle scoffing, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 33. He forlǽt derigendlíce gaffetunga he forsakes injurious scoffings, Homl. Th. i. 306, 2. Ða wélegan on heora gebeórscipe begáþ derigendliíe gafetunge the wealthy in their feasting practise pernicious scoffing, i. 330, 33.

Related words: gaf. gaffetung

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