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▪ I. † spene, n. Obs.—1
(Meaning obscure.)
a1400–50Alexander 4162 Þan ferd þai forth..& freschly assemblis All at was sperpolid on þe spene & spilt with þe blastis.
▪ II. spene
variant of spean n. and v.
▪ III. † spene, v. Obs.
Also 4 spen.
[Alteration of spend v.1]
1. trans. To spend, expend (money, goods, etc.).
c1175Lamb. Hom. 31 Nabbe ic nawiht þer-of, ic hit habbe al ispened. Ibid. 79 A þe marȝen [he] bitahte him twa peneȝes to spenen on him. a1250Owl & Night. 1525 Þat were gulte, Þat leof is oþer wymmon to pulte & speneþ on þare al þat he haueþ. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 147 He nadde him-sulf nouȝt to spene. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xviii. 71 Of þat þat holychurche of þe olde lawe cleymeþ, Priestes on aparail and on purnele spenen. 1400in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 6 Rather then I schuld fael he wold spene of his own godde xx. marke.
absol.c1205Lay. 3302 Andd nowher heo ne spedet and auere heo spened.
b. To exact contributions from (tenants). Cf. spend v.1 1 d.
1538St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. 48 His servauntes and his kerne dothe spene my tenauntes and fermoris in the barrony of Dunnbrathie.
2. To spend, in other senses; to employ, expend, make use of, use.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 179 Ðe underlinges þenchen oðe dai hu hie muȝen mest swinken and spenen here flesh and here blod on iuele swinche. a1225Ancr. R. 322 Euerich tide & euerich time schal beon þer irikened, hwu hit was her ispened. a1300Sarmun xlvii. in E.E.P. (1862) 6 What is þe ioi þat man sal hab if his lif he speniþ wel. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 876 But ȝe han dainte in dul ȝoure daies to spene. a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. l. 555 Loke wel in þi mood Þi wit to spene wysliche.
Hence † ˈspening vbl. n., spending, expenditure.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8001 In speninge he was fol large In herte þoru out prout. |