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edwít-spræc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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edwít-spræc, e; f.
Contemptuous speech, scorn; opprobrium, imprŏpĕrium, cavillātio
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  • Ðý-læs ic scyle þrówian edwítspræce

    lest I shall suffer contemptuous speech.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 161
    • ;
    • An. 81: Ps. Th. 88, 43: 101,
    • 6.
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  • edwít-spræc, n.