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sparian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sparian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
to spare, to show mercy to, to refrain from injuring or
destroying
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  • Ic sparige oððe árige

    parco,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 7; Zup. 180, 12.

  • Ðætte hé spærio

    parcere,

      Rtl. 40, 19.
with acc.
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  • Ic geswerge ðæt ic hí ne sparige, ac on spild giefe,

      Exon. Th. 247, 27; Jul. 85.

  • Hé áraþ (sparaþ, MS. C.: spearaþ, Ps. Surt.)

    parcet,

      Ps. Spl. 71, 13.

  • Hié ne sparodan ða synfullan, ac slógon,

      Past. 46; Swt. 353, 16.

  • Hí nánne ne sparedon ðæs herefolces,

      Jud. Thw. 24, 40; Jud. 233.

  • Spara mé ðínne ðeów

    parce servo tuo,

      Ps. Th. 18, 11.
with dat.
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  • [Ne spareþ se fæder ðan sune ne nán mann óðren; ac ǽlc man winþ ongeán óðren,

      Shrn. 17, 27.
    ] Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode

    ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem aut monasteriis manus parcerit hostilis,

      Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8.

  • God ne sparode his ágenum bearne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 62, 20.

  • Ná hé sparode (spearede, Ps. Surt. v. 50) sáulum heora

    non pepercit animabus eorum,

      Ps. Spl. C. 77, 55.

  • Spær esne ðínum

    parce servo two,

      Rtl. 168, 19: 39, 38.
to spare, preserve, not to use, to leave alone, abstain from
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  • Hé sparode ðæt góde wín óð his ágenum tócyme,

      Homl. Th. ii. 70, 10.

  • Féðe ne sparode eorl,

      Cd. Th. 153, 6; Gen. 2534.

  • Sindon ða loccas tó sparianne (-enne, Hatt. MS.) ðæm sacerde ðæt hí ða hýd behelien

    capilli in capite sacerdotis servantur, ut cutem cooperiant,

      Past. 18, 7; Swt. 141, 9.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. sparón parcere, fovere: Icel. spara to spare.]
Similar entries
v. ge-sparian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sparian.” 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/28407.

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