Gegaf-sprǽc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gegaf-sprǽc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gegaf-sprǽc
buffoonery. Add:--Sume menn drincað æt deádra manna líce ofer ealle þá niht and gremiað God mid heora gegafsprǽce, Hml. S. 21, 315. Hí willað wacian and wódlíce drincan binnan Godes húse and mid gegafsprǽcum Godes hús gefýlan, 13, 78. Gegafsprǽce and ídele word and þá word þe leahter ástyrien on eallum stówum wé forbeódaþ scurrilitales vel verba otiosa et risum moventia in omnibus locis dampnamus, R. Ben. 22, 4. ge-gaf-spræc,gegaf-spræc
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