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spann

  • noun [ feminine ]
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spann, e; f.
A span
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  • Span vel handbred

    palmus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 52.
  • Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære ðrýh

    invenerunt corpus mensura palmi longius esse sarcofago,

      Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 5.
  • [O. H. Ger. spanna; f. cubitus: Icel. spönn; f. a span.] Cf. ge-spann.
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v.  sponn.
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  • spann, n.