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hyspan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hyspan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To mock, scorn, taunt, revile, insult, reproach
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  • Drihten hispeþ hý

    Dominus subsannabit eos,

    • Ps. Spl. 2, 4.

  • Hú lange hyspeþ feónd

    usque quo improperabit inimicus?

    • 93, 11.

  • Se ðe hespþ

    qui calumniatur,

    • Kent. Gl. 497.

  • Hý mé hyspaþ

    exprobraverunt me,

    • Ps. Th. 41, 12
      • .

  • Tógeánes mé hyspton ealle fýnd míne

    adversum me susurrabant omnes inimici mei,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8.

  • Hyne hyspdun

    improperabant ei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 44.

  • Ðone hyspton

    quod exprobraverunt,

    • Blickl. Gl.

  • Hié Cristes bebod hyspton and hit forsáwon

    they scorned Christ's commandment and despised it,

    • Ors. 6, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 256, 25
      • .

  • Hysptun hearmcwidum

    mocked opprobriously,

    • Exon. 24 a
      • ;
    • Th. 69, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 1121
      • .

  • Ðæt ná hyspen

    ut non insultent,

    • Blickl. Gl.

  • Hyspan

    exprobrare,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 20
      • .

  • Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan,

    • Bt. 18, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 66. 33
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1341
      • ;
    • An. 671
      • .

  • Fram stemne hyspendes

    a voce exprobrantis,

    • Ps. Spl. 43, 18.

  • Hyspendra

    exprobrantium,

    • Blickl. Gl.
Similar entries
v. hosp, ge-hyspan.
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v.  hispan hypsan hyspend.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyspan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20400.

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