A-spyrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-spyrian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -spyrigan, -spyrigean; Related words: 2 ; Th. i. 222, 14, note 33. Ðæt mihte ðæra twegra tweón aspyrian

Definitions

1 a-spyrian

p. ede; pp. ed To search, explore, trace, discover, explain; investigare, indagare, explorare, enucleare :-- Se ðe nele, be his andgites mǽðe, ða bóclícan gewritu aspyrian, hú hí to Criste belimpaþ he who will not, according to the measure of his understanding, search the book-writings, how they refer to Christ, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 30. Aspyrige hit út let him trace it out, L. Ath. ithat might discover the difference of the two, Salm. Kmbl. 870 ; Sal. 434: Elen. Kmbl. 932; El. 467. Ic aspyrige enucleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 18: Ps. Th. 105, 2. a-spyrian

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᛈᚣᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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