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eald-spræc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§617;
Substitute: eald-sprǽc, e; f. An old form of words, a proverb, byword
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  • þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer

    posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus,

      Ps. Th. 43, 16.
Similar entries
v. eald, IV.
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Word-wheel

  • eald-spræc, n.