Be-spirian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - be-spirian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-spirigan, -spyrigan;

be-spirian
p. ode; pp. od To inquire, trace; inquirere, investigare :-- Be ðon ðe yrfe bespirige of him who traces cattle, L. Ath. ihe who traces cattle into another's land, let him trace it out, who owns that land, if he can, iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 14. be-spirian

Related words: 2; Th. i. 222, 13. Se ðe bespyrige [bespirige, Wilk.] yrfe innan óðres land, aspirige hit út, se ðe ðæt land áge, gif he mǽge

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