Spannan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

spannan

p. spénn, speónn; pp. spannen. I. to join one thing to another, to attach, fasten, clasp, (a) literal:--Hé helm spénn mid spangum (cf. Dan. spænde ved spænder, Swed. spänna med spänne to buckle) he buckled on his helmet, Cd. Th. 29, 4; Gen. 445. (b) figurative:--Wá eów ðe gadriaþ hús tó húse and spannaþ æcer tó ðæm óðrum vae, qui conjungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis, Past. 44, 8; Swt. 329, 23. II. to span, clasp. O. H. Ger. spannan; p. spien nectere; intendere, contendere: cf. Icel. spenna; p. ta to clasp; to span.] v. ge-, on-, ymb-spannan. spannan

Mots connexes: ymb-spannan, spanning. [