A-spanan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-spanan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans. To allure from, entice, induce, urge, persuade, introduce secretly;

Definitions

1 a-spanan

p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; allicere, illicere, impellere, persuadere, attrahere, subintroducere :-- Gif he ða cwéne gespannan [MS. B. aspanan] and gelǽran mihte, ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes si reginæ posset persuadere ejus uti connubio, Bd. 4, 19 ; Whel. 304, 42, note. Hér aspón Æðelwald ðone here to unfriþe in this year Æthelwald allured the army to a violation of the peace, Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1. Hine Hannibal aspón, ðæt he ðæt gewinn leng organ Hannibal induced him to carry on the war longer, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 15. He aspeón him fram ealle he enticed all from him, 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2 ; Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2 ; Bos. 102, 21. Aspeón óðerne bisceop subintroduxit alium episcopum, Bd. 3. 7; S. 530, 4. a-spanan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛈᚪᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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