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spanan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
spanan, p. spón, speón; pp. spanen
Wright's OE grammar
§508;
To allure, entice, lure, decoy, attract, urge
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  • Spenst

    illicias,

      Hpt. Gl. 524, 9.
  • Spones

    inlicias,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 7: 87, 26.
in a good sense,
with a preposition marking the direction of aim
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  • Ðú spenst (spænst, Cott. MS.) mé on ða mǽstan sprǽce and on ða earfoþestan tó gereccenne

    ad rem me omnium quaesitu maximum vocas,

      Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 14.
  • Swá earn his briddas spænþ tó flihte

    sicut aquila provocans ad volandum pullos suos,

      Deut. 32, 11.
  • Ðá hé spón his hiéremen tó ðære geðylde

    cum patientiam discipulis suaderet,

      Past. 33, 5; Swt. 222, 8.
  • Ðá ðá hé his apostolas spón of ðissum andweardan tó ðæm écan

    cum ad venturam discipulos ex praesenti provacaret,

      46, 5; Swt. 351, 11.
  • Speón (spón,

      Cott. MSS.), 17, 8; Swt. 121, 2.
  • Speón,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1194; An. 597.
  • Ǽlcne man spane hé of synnum

    let him draw every man from sins,

      L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 284, 14.
  • Ða spone (spane, Cott. MSS.) ðe his ðeáwa giémaþ tó ryhte

    spectatores suos ad sublimia invitet,

      Past. 14, 2; Swt. 83, 2.
  • Hé sende his englas ús hám tó spananne tó him

    exhortantes angelos misit,

      52, 4; Swt. 405, 34.
with a clause
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  • God hine spænþ ðæt hé tó him gecierre

    Deus ad se redire persuadet,

      Swt. 407, 10.
  • Hí hine speónnan and lǽrdon ðæt hé ða fóre ðurhtuge

    eum id perficere suadebant,

      Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 26.
  • Span ðú hine georne ðæt hé ðíne láre lǽste,

      Cd. Th. 36, 22; Gen. 575.
  • Cwæð, ðæt hine his hige speóne, ðæt hé trymede getimbro,

      18, 17; Gen. 274.
in a bad sense,
with a preposition
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  • Hine spænþ his mód tó unnyttum weorce,

      Past. 4; Swt. 37, 18.
  • Deófol hine on wóh spaneþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 1002; Sal. 502: 990; Sal. 496.
  • Hí spanaþ ðé tó ðínre unþearefe,

      Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 9.
  • On ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón

    quo non trahit desiderium,

      Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 10.
  • Hió speón hine on ða dimman dǽd,

      Cd. Th. 43, 2; Gen. 684.
  • Hé mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht,

      37, 12; Gen. 588.
  • Hí (

    the conspirators against William

    ) speónan ða Bryttas heom tó,
      Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 14.
with a clause
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  • Hé hiene spón ðæt hé on Umenis unmyndlenga mid here becóme

    quem, ut Eumenem de insperato opprimat, perurget,

      Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 146, 7.
Etymology
[O. Sax. spanan; p. spón: O. Frs. spona: O. H. Ger. spanan; p. spuon suggerere, suadere, persuadere: cf. Icel. spenja; p. spandi to allure.]
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v. á-, be-, for-, ge-spanan.
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