Gál-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gál-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gál-scipe

m. [gál lust, -scipe -ship] Luxury, lustfulness, lasciviousness, wantonness, lewdness; luxŭria, lĭbīdo, lascīvia, petulantia, satyriăsis = σατυρίασιs :-- He begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas and gálscipe comessatiōnĭbus văcat et luxŭriæ atque convīviis, Deut. 20, 21. We lǽraþ, ðæt man wið fúlne gálscipe warnige symle we instruct, that one always guard himself against foul lasciviousness, L. C. E. 24; Th. i. 374, 9. For gálscipe for wantonness, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 15; Gen. 341. Synwrénnys vel gálscipe satyriasis, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 49; Wrt. Voc. 19, 51. gal-scipe

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᛚ-ᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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