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sparian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
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  • Ꝥ mon ne sparige nǽnne þeóf þe æt hæbbendre handa gefangen sý,

      Ll. Th. i. 198, 16: 21.
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  • Ðæt man ne sparige nánan þeófe,

      Ll. Th. 228, 12.
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to refrain from using or
consuming
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  • Se mann þe fæst búton ælmyssan, hé déð swilce hé sparige his mete, and eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhæfednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180, 8. (1 a)

    to save, store up

    :-- Þú híwast swilce þú ðínum cildum sparige, and nást hwám hit gescýt,
      Hml. Th. ii. 104, 9.
to refrain from employing or
exercising
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  • Sé þe sparað gyrde his, hé hatað sunu his qui parcit uirgę suę odit filium suum, Scint. 175, 16: Hml. Th. ii. 324, 32. (2 a) with infin., to forbear to do :-- Ná cuman ylde ł sparige

    non uenire differat,

      Angl. xiii. 388, 323.
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