Spón

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spón

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: , es; Related words: sæp-spón)

Definitions

1 spón

m. : e; f. (? A chip, shaving :-- Spón astula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 63: gingria, 109, 71. Fomes spoon; idem astula, 39, 70. Geswǽled spoon vel tynder fomes, i. 39, 21. Monige of ðam treówe ðæs hálgan Cristes mǽles spónas and sceafþan nimaþ multi de ipso ligno sacrosanctae crucis astulas excidere solent, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 31: 3, 17; S. 544, 44. Genim ðone wyrttruman . . . þwít nigon spónas, Lchdm, ii. 292, 2. [O. Frs. spón: O. H. Ger. spán hastula, carpenta: Icel. spánn, spónn a chip, splinter.] spon

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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