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for-spanan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-spanan, he -spaneþ, -spenþ; p. -spón, -speón, pl. -spónon, -speónon; pp. -spanen, -sponen; v. trans. [spanan to allure]
To entice, seduce; illĭcĕre, sedūcĕre
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  • Gehwá se ðe óðerne to leahtrum forspenþ is manslaga

    every one who entices another to sins is a manslayer,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 226, 30.
  • Hine his hyge forspeón, ðæt he ne wolde Drihtnes word wurþian

    his mind seduced him, that he would not revere the Lord's word,

    • Cd. 18
    • ;
    • Th. 22, 34
    • ;
    • Gen. 350.
  • Forspanen beón

    seductum esse, sedūci,

    • Prov. 30, Lye.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. for-far-spanan to entice.
]
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v.  for-spennan.
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