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spinnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
spinnan, p. spann, pl. spunnon; pp. spunnen.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §111; §285; §476; §498;
to spin
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  • Neo ic spinne, neui ic spann, neuisti vel nesti ðú spuune, neuistis vel nestis gé spunnon, neuerunt vel

    nerunt

    hí spunnon,
      Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 147, 2-4.

  • Ic spinne

    neo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 13.

  • Spinnaþ

    neunt,

    19:
      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 28 : Lk. Skt. 12, 27.

  • Hig spinnaþ wulle

    illae nent lanam,

      Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 97, 9.

  • Nim ðone hweorfan ðe wíf mid spinnaþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 310, 22.

  • Spunnun

    neverant,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 10.

  • Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan

    foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt,

      Nar. 6, 18.
of the action of the tide on the sand
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  • Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán)

    the ebb hath knit the sand together

    (?),
      Cd. Th. 196, 13; Exod. 291.
of convulsive movement (?),
to writhe, twist
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  • Sum ungesceádwís man hine sylfne áhéng ðæt hé fótum span

    (for sparn? v. spornan) and his feorh forlét a certain foolish man hung himself, so that he moved his feet convulsively (could not rest them on the ground?), and gave up the ghost,

      Homl. Th. ii. 504, 34.

  • Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span,

      30, 23.
Etymology
[Goth. O. H. Ger. spinnan: Icel. spinna.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-spinnan; twí-spunnen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “spinnan.” 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/28497.

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