ge-gaf-sprǽc
- noun [ feminine ]
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Dá wæs seó tunge teartlícor gewítnod for his gegafspræce
then was the tongue more sharply punished for his wanton speech,
- Homl. Th. i. 330, 34 .
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Men willaþ bysmorlíce plegian and mid gegafspræcum Godes hús gefýlan
men will play shamefully and defile God's house with wanton speeches,
- L. Ælfc. C. 35; Th. ii. 357 note, 3 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-gaf-sprǽc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14493.
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