† mis-ˈspene, v. Obs.
Also 4 -speyne.
[f. mis-1 1 + spene v.]
trans. To misspend, misemploy.
| c 1275 Lay. 13483 Ȝef ich his god mis-spene [earlier text for-leose]. c 1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 1150 And for oure syȝht myspende allso, His eynen were blynwherved boo. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xi. 174 And muche wo worth hym þat Inwitt mys-speyneþ [v.rr. myspeneþ, mys-spendeþ]. |