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ge-gaf-sprǽc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.
Idle, wanton, scoffing speech
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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
    • .
  • 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
    • .
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