Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-spannan

Related words: onspannan. un-spannan

Definitions

1 definitions

1 un-spannan

p. -speónn To unclasp, unfasten :-- Unspeón exfibulat, i. exsolvit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 24. [Cf. Seint Iohan ine his iborenesse unspennede his feder tunge into prophecie, A. R. 158, 14.]

Similar Words

U
uf-weard
ufan
ufan(-en(n)e)
ufan-cumende

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛋᛈᚪᚾᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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