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ge-spanan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-spanan, p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans.
To allure, entice, incite, persuade, induce, draw; allicere, illicere, incitare, persuadere, inducere
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  • Ðe hine to ðæm unfriðe gespón

    who had allured him to a violation of the peace,

      Chr. 905; Th. 182, 7, col. 1.
  • Gif he ða cwéne gespanan [gespannan, MS.] and gelǽran mihte, ðæt heó brúcan wolde his gesynscipes

    si reginæ posset persuaders ejus uti connubio,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 29.
  • Gespeón

    persuadebat,

      2, 15; S. 518, 26.
  • Swýðost gesponen [gesponnen, MS.] to onfónne Cristes geleáfan

    maxime persuasus ad percipiendam Christi fidem,

      3, 21; S. 551, 5.
  • Wæs hám gelaðad and gesponen [gesponnen, MS.]

    was called and drawn home,

      4, 23; S. 593, 17.
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v.  ge-speón ge-spón.
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