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sperran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sperran, spirran, spyrran; p. de
To strike, spar
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  • Ðǽr eác cwóman hreáþemýs . . . and ða on úre ondwlitan sperdon and ús pulledon

    et uespertilionum uis ingens . . . in ora uultusque nostros ferebantur (the translator has read feriebant ? ),

      Nar. 15, 6.
  • Spyrrynde

    verberans

    ,
      Germ. 399, 411.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. sperrask to struggle: Ger. sich sperren to struggle, resist.]
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v.  spyrran.
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