[MR] Word for the Day

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Where did you find something -worse to pronounce- than Welsh?

Magnus Appalled

Rowanwald Central wrote:
> 
> Today's [old] new word is:
> Gebeorscipe  (or "beorscipe")
> 
>    B&T list beorscipe (glossed "a feast") and note that it is a variation of
> gebeorscipe, which is treated in a separate entry.  The entry for
> gebeorscipe reads "BEER-SHIP, convivial society, a drinking party, feast, an
> entertainment."
> 
>    Evidently, it refers to the practise of friends gathering together for
> beer and entertainment, usually in the form of a bardic evening. There was a
> citation referring to a man who fled the Hall in embarrassment when it was
> his turn to perform.
> 
> Sounds like a word we need to revive, eh?
> 
> Rosine