Spann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spann

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 spann

f. A span:--Span vel handbred palmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 52. Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh invenerunt corpus mensura palmi longius esse sarcofago, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5. [O. H. Ger. spanna; f. cubitus: Icel. spönn; f. a span.] Cf. ge-spann. spann

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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