Ge-speornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-speornan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -spornan; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-speornan

p. -spearn, pl. -spurnon; pp. -spornen To tread upon, to perch, spurn; calcare :-- Ðæt heó fótum ne meahte land gespornan so that she might not perch on land with her feet, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 33; Gen. 1458: 72; Th. 87, 11; Gen. 1447. Ðæt se hearn-flota sond-lond gespearn so that the floater of the surge spurned the sandy land, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 11; Gú. 1308. ge-speornan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᛈᛇᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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