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tó-sprǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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tó-sprǽdan, p. de
To spread out, extend, expand, spread in different directions
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  • Seó henn tósprǽt byre fyðera and ða briddas gewyrmþ,

    • Anglia viii. 309, 26.

  • Heó tósprǽt hire bósm ðǽr ðǽr ða réðan wuniaþ . . . , and heó is genyrwed on ðone ende ðe ða gesceádwísan wuniaþ

    she expands her bosom where the fierce dwell. . . , and is straitened in the quarter where the discreet dwell.

    • Homl. Th. i. 536, 18.

  • Tósprǽd ðíne fingras,

    • Techm. ii. 122, 25.

  • Ðæs mannes sáwl biþ on Gode tósprǽd, swá ðæt heó oferstíhþ middaneard, and eác hí sylfe,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 186, 8.

  • Stríc mid tósprǽddum handum niðer ofer ðíne breóst,

    • Techm. ii. 119, 25.

  • Wíf tósprǽddum loccum

    a woman with dishevelled locks.

    • Lchdm. iii. 208, 10.

  • His holie lichame was tospred on þe holie rode,

    • O. E. Homl. ii. 21, 29.

  • Tosprad,

    • 205, 33.

  • He tospret touward ou his ermes,

    • A. R. 402, 9.

  • þe Brutones þat were tosprad here and þere,

    • R. Glouc. 134, 15.

  • With open hede . . . her hair tosprad,

    • Gow. ii. 260, 4.
Etymology
O. L. Ger. tespreidan dispergere
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O. H. Ger. zar-, za-spreitan spargere, expandere, dispergere.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-sprǽdan.” 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/30863.

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