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spanu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
spanu, e, an; f.
A teat
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  • Tittas mammille, spana

    ubera,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 30.
  • Tittas oððe sponan

    mammillas,

      Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 24.
Etymology
[Speen, spene a cow's pap, E. D. S. Gloss. B. 16: C. 3. Speans the teats of a cow,C. 4. Icel. speni; m. a teat, dug: Norweg. spæne: Swed. spene.]
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v.  sponan.
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  • spanu, n.