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Spornan

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1 spornan

p. spearn, pl. spurnon; pp. spornen. I. to strike with the foot, spurn :-- Ðe læs ðú on stán fóte spurne ne offendas ad lapidem pedem tuam, Ps. Th. 90, 12. On spurnan inpingere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 72. On spornendum fét in offenso pede, Scint. 187, 8. (See (?) passages under spinnan, III.) II. to spurn, reject :-- Æfter ðæs mǽdenes sprǽce, ðe hine spearn mid wordum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 64. [Makede he þe spurnen (stumble) ine wreððe, A. R. 188, 2. O. Sax. spurnan to strike with the feet, tread: O. H. Ger. spurnan (also wk.): Icel. sperna.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚩᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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