Geap-scipe

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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geap-scipe
m. Craft, cunning, deceit, fraud; astūtia, fraus :-- Eall heora geapscipe wearþ ameldod Israhéla bearnum all their deceit was made known to the children of Israel, Jos. 9, 16. Þurh his geapscipe he begeat ðone castel through his cunning he obtained the castle, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 25. geap-scipe
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