for-spennen
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For Mone B. 671 substitute Hpt. Gl. 420, 66
á-spelian
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Nán ne beó áspelod of kycenan tó þínienne nullus excussetur a cojuinę officio, Chrd. 16, 17. Add
bysmer-specan
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To speak blasphemy, to blaspheme; blasphemiam loqui, blasphemare Ðú bysmerspycst blasphemas, Jn. Bos. 10, 36
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for-specan
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a-spelian
To supply another's room ⬩ to be deputy or proxy for another ⬩ represent another ⬩ vicario munere fungi ⬩ vicem vel locum alicujus supplere
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To supply another's room, to be deputy or proxy for another, represent another; vicario munere fungi, vicem vel locum alicujus supplere He móste his hláford aspelian he might represent his lord, L. R. 3 ; Th. i. 192, 3 : R. Ben. 58. Aspelad beón to have
a-sperian
to track ⬩ trace ⬩ investigate ⬩ investigare
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to track, trace, investigate; investigare, Prov. 20
á-spelian
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Gif hé wrítan ne cunne, bidde óþerne þæt hine áspelige si non scit litteras, alter ab eo rogatus scribat, R. Ben. 101, 5. ꝥ se mæssepreóst æt þám þingum þone bisceop áspelian móte ut presbytero in illis rebus episcopi munere fungi liceret, LI. Th. ii.
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for-specan
To speak in vain ⬩ speak negatively ⬩ deny ⬩ frustra dīcĕre ⬩ nĕgāre
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To speak in vain, speak negatively, deny; frustra dīcĕre, nĕgāre Hæbbe he ðæt eall forspecen let him have spoken that all in vain, L. C. S. 27; Th. i. 392, 6. Ne sý forspecen ne forswígod let it not be denied nor concealed, L. Ath. v. § 8, 9; Th. i.
for-specan
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to speak against, speak ill of, denounce Forsprecað hí foran tó ðisum folce, þæt 'swá hraðe swá hí becumað tó ðyssere byrig, gehseftað hí,' Hml. Th. ii. 494, 10. [Fra steven of forspekand a voce obloquentis, Ps. 43, 17.] to misrepresent a case, state