Gál-scipe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gál-scipe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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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
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