Hémed-scipe
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hémed-scipe
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hémed-scipe
- Substitute: (1) in a good sense, the state of matrimony :-- Hǽmedscipes gemánan hymenei l connubii commercio, Hpt. Gl. 482, 7. (2) in a bad sense, cohabitation without marriage :-- Hǽmed-rimes l [hæmed]scipes lenocinii, seductionis, Hpt. Gl. 521, 40.