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.]