† beˈspar, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 besparri-an, 3 bisparr-en, 4 -sperr-en, -speren.
[f. be- 2 + spar v. to bolt, shut.]
trans. To shut in; to lock up.
| a 1100 in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. 459 Oppilate, besparrade. a 1225 Ancr. R. 94 Ancren þet bisparreð [v.r. bituneð] her. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 139 And þat he spared and bispered [bi-sperred, bisperde, bispared] spene we in murthe. |