Ge-spannan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-spannan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
-sponnan;
- ge-spannan
- p. -speón; pp. -spannen To join, span, clasp, fasten :-- Gúþweard grímhelm gespeón the leader clasped his helm, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 27; Exod. 174. Ðá héht cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors to scride then the emperor ordered to harness four wild horses to a chariot, Shrn. 71, 34. [O. H. Ger. gi-spannan tendere, conjungere.]