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fela-sprǽce

  • adjective
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Grammar
fela-sprǽce, adj.
Speaking much, loquacious, using many words with intent to deceive
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  • Felospraeci, feluspréci

    trifulus, trufulus,

    • Txts. 102, 1009
      • .

  • Huelc wíte wéne wé ðæt se felasprǽcea (-sprǽca, v. l.) scyle habban ðe simle on ofersprǽce syngað

    pensemus quae poena multiloquium maneat, in quo etiam per noxia verba peccatur,

    • Past. 281, 14
      • .

  • On óðre wísan mon sceal manian ðá bilwitan (simplices), on óðre ðá felasprǽcan

    (impuri;

    cf. ðá lytegan,
    • 237, 6
      • ),
    • 175, 21
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. filu-spráhhi procax, verbosus, linguosus.
Cf. Icel. fjöl-málugr tattling; fjöl-mæli tattle, slander.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fela-sprǽce.” 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/44643.

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