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earg-scipe

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Substitute:
cowardice, pusillanimity. v. earg,
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  • Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se mánfulla deófol sendeð wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype (

    base cowardice

    ),
      Wlfst. 53, 12.
profligacy. v. earg,
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  • Ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene

    mulierem in adulterio reprehensam,

      Jn. p. 5, 8.
Etymology
[Heo mid ærhscape arnden to heolde and letten slæn heore folc, Laym. 12411. Icel. arg-skapr cowardice.]
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  • earg-scipe,