Ge-spannan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-spannan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -sponnan; Related words: spannan. ge-spannan

Definitions

1 ge-spannan

p. -speón; pp. -spannen To join, span, clasp, fasten :-- Gúþweard grímhelm gespeón the leader clasped his helm, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 27; Exod. 174. Ðá héht cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors to scride then the emperor ordered to harness four wild horses to a chariot, Shrn. 71, 34. [O. H. Ger. gi-spannan tendere, conjungere.]

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛈᚪᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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