Ge-span

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-span

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-spann, -spon, es;

ge-span
n. A joining, fastening together; nexus :-- Wíra gespann joining of wires, Andr. Kmbl. 604; An. 303. Wíra gespon, Elen. Kmbl. 2267; El. 1135. He is on helle hæft mid hringa gesponne he is in hell bound with the clasping of rings, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762. Searo-rúna gespon the web of mysteries, Exon. 92 b; Th. 347, 20; Sch. 15.

Related words: ge-spannan, eaxle-gespan. gespan,ge-span

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