Spearnlian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spearnlian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

spearnlian
p. ode To spurn, strike out with the feet, kick:--Ðæt ðú ne spear[n]last ut non calcitres, Hpt. Gl. 463, 77. Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21. Cf. spurnan. spearnlian
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