Ge-spornan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-spornan
Take here ge-speornan in Dict., and add: I. n : tread upon, light upon : -- Ðæt deófol on ðá eorðan gewíteð, and þanon helle wésten gespyrreð (-spyrneð ?), Sal. K. p. 148, 13. II. to strike against, beat upon (of the wind) :-- Windas bleówan and þæt hús swíðlíce gespurnun (impegerunt in domum illam), R. Ben. 4, 13. ge-spornan
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