Spearnlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spearnlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 spearnlian

p. ode To spurn, strike out with the feet, kick:--Ðæt ðú ne spear[n]last ut non calcitres, Hpt. Gl. 463, 77. Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21. Cf. spurnan. spearnlian

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛠᚱᚾᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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