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for-spanan

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to lure to evil, allure.
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  • Forspenð hé hit mid ðǽre wólberendan óliccunge

    mentem securitatis pestiferae blanditiis seducit,

    • Past. 415, 12
      • .

  • Forspa[nendre?]

    illecebroso

    (v. for-spennan),
    • Angl. xiii. 34, 174.

  • Forspanendum lufum

    illecebrosis amplexibus,

    • Angl. xi. 117, 33
      • .

  • Wearð þæt wíf forspanen þurh ðæs deófles láre,

    • Hml. Th. i. 18, 8
      • .
to lure to evil action
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  • Ðá ðe mid mislicum lustum hí tó ðám leahtrum forspeónon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 410, 33
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    • ii. 478, 31
      • .

  • Forspanen tó forligre,

    • i. 306, 7.

  • Ðe lés ic sió forspanen tó wiðsacenne

    ne inliciar ad negandum,

    • Kent. Gl. 1079
      • .
to lure to destruction
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  • Hú fela hé forspanan mæge tó écan forwyrde,

    • Wlfst. 85, 7.

  • On ðone ilcan deáð hié wilniað eal moncynn tó forspananne and tó forlǽdanne,

    • Past. 249, 20
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. fer-spanan al-, in-licere.
]
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v. for-spennan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-spanan.” 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/45956.

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