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æt-speornan

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æt-speornan, l. æt-spornan, -spurnan,
and add;
trans.
To strike against
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  • Ætspearn conlidit, i.

    allidit

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 64.

  • Þe lǽs ðe ðú æt stáne þínne fót ætspurne,

      Hml. Th. i. 516, 30.

  • Þæt þú ne þurfe ðínne fót æt stáne ætspurnan,

      166, 21.

  • Ætspornan

    inpingere

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85 , 15.
intrans.
To strike against (æt, on), stumble
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  • And (fót ðín) ne etspernð

    et pes tuus non impinget

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 47.

  • Ic ætspearn (-sporn, -speorn, v. ll.) ǽt ánum fótscearnole in scabello suppedaneo impegi, Gr. D. 22, 22. II a. fig. To be hindered, to be offended :-- Forðon áðreát ðá hiéremenn ryhtes lífes, ðonne hié wilniað gǽstlíce libban, be ðǽm yfelum bisenum ðe se déð ðe him fore beón sceolde; ðonne ætspornað hié and weorðað mid ðǽm áscrencte

    unde subjectorum vita torpescit; quia, cum proficere spiritaliter appetit, in exemplo ejus qui sibi praelatus est quasi in obstaculo itineris offendit

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      Past. 129, 6.

  • Þára wóhnys ætspearn (bealh, v. l.) æt þám regole his rihtinge

    quorum tortitudo in norma ejus rectitudinis offendebat

    .
      Gr. D. 104, 15.

  • Heora wóhnys on ðám regole ætspearn,

      Hml. Th. ii. 158, ll.
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v. un-ætspornen ; oþ-spornan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-speornan.” 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/38104.

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