Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

á-spendan

Dictionary links
Add:
with a concrete object
Show examples

  • Hé áspende (dispersit) his ðing,

      Hml. Th. i. 254, 21 : Bl. Gl.

  • Man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende,

      Hml. S. 16, 327.

  • Áspendre

    erogatae (stipis)

    .
      An. Ox. 1841.
with abstract object (time, life, talents, etc.)
Show examples

  • Þá ðe mid gýmeleáste heora dagas áspendað,

      Hml. Th. ii. 78, 8.

  • Hí ðá niht mid hálgum sprǽcum ðurhwacole áspendon,

      184, 15.

  • Hí þá andgitu getreówlíce áspendon,

      556, 10.
  • Hú þes freólsdæg beó áspend
      mid lofe, i. 436, 29.
with the object of expenditure also given
Show examples

  • Þeáh ðe ic áspende míne ǽhta on ðearfena bigleofan,

      Hml. i. 54, 2.

  • Hé þás fíf andgitu áspent on unnyt,

      ii. 374, 2 : Hml. S. 12, 135.

  • Hí on heora lustum heora líf áspendað,

      17, 240.

  • Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum,

      14, 14.

  • Hé on swilce weorc áspende his ðing,

      31, 68.

  • Þone ofereácan his ǽhta hé áspende on Godes þearfum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 118, 31.

  • Miccle spéda on his lácum áspendan,

      580, 17.

  • Þone máran dǽl his lífes áspendan on his lustum,

      574, 8.

  • Áspendan úre spéda on þearfum,

      Hml. S. 3, 51.

  • Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum,

      Hml. Th. i. 428, 29.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “á-spendan.” 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/39058.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • á-spendan,

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.