Be-spanan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-spanan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: bi-spanan; Related words: trans. To allure, entice, incite, urge, induce, bring on any one;

Definitions

1 be-spanan

p. -spón, -speón; pp. -spanen, -sponen; allicere, illicere, incitare, provocare, inducere :-- He deriende leóda bespeón to ðysan earde he allured pernicious people to this land, Chr. 959; Th. 219, 18. Gif he ǽnigne man on synne bespeón if he have enticed any man to sin, L. Pen. 16; Th. ii. 284, 13. Ðæt gewin ðe hió hint on bespón mid manigfealdon firen-lustum the war which she brought upon him by her manifold wicked desires, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 40. be-spanan

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᛈᚪᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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