For-spanan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-spanan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

he -spaneþ, -spenþ;

for-spanan
p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; [spanan to allure] To entice, seduce; illĭcĕre, sedūcĕre :-- Gehwá se ðe óðerne to leahtrum forspenþ is manslaga every one who entices another to sins is a manslayer, Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30. Hine his hyge forspeón, ðæt he ne wolde Drihtnes word wurþian his mind seduced him, that he would not revere the Lord's word, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 34; Gen. 350. Forspanen beón seductum esse, sedūci, Prov. 30, Lye. [O. Sax. for-far-spanan to entice.] for-spanan

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