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a-spanan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.
To allure from, entice, induce, urge, persuade, introduce secretly; allicere, illicere, impellere, persuadere, attrahere, subintroducere
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  • Gif he ða cwéne gespannan [MS. B. aspanan] and gelǽran mihte, ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes si

    reginæ posset persuadere ejus uti connubio,

    • Bd. 4, 19 ; Whel. 304, 42, note
    • .
  • Hér aspón Æðelwald ðone here to unfriþe

    in this year Æthelwald allured the army to a violation of the peace,

    • Chr. 905 ; Th. 180, 18, col. 1
    • .
  • Hine Hannibal aspón, ðæt he ðæt gewinn leng organ

    Hannibal induced him to carry on the war longer,

    • Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 15
    • .
  • He aspeón him fram ealle

    he enticed all from him,

    • 1, 12; Bos. 35, 19: 2, 2
    • ;
    • Bos. 41, 8 : 5, 2
    • ;
    • Bos. 102, 21
    • .
  • Aspeón óðerne bisceop

    subintroduxit alium episcopum,

    • Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 4
    • .
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v.  a-speón a-spón.
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