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▪ I. spense Now dial.|spɛns|
Also 3–4, 6 spens, 3–7, 9 dial. spence.
[ad. OF. espense, = AF. expense expense.]
†1. Expense, expenditure; cost. Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3486 He nadde noȝt wel war-wiþ such menie up to holde, Ac..he þoȝte of þe saxons is spense vp arere. a1350St. Cecilia 459 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 164 Þe bischop..made a kirk of ful grete spens. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. ix. 18 That I preching the gospel, putte the gospel with oute spence takynge, or sustenaunce therfore. c1400Destr. Troy 233, I shall spare for no spence & þu spede wele. c1460Reg. Oseney Abbey 50 To þe Burgeys spense to such a parlement i-chose. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccvi. 243 So that they demaunde no wages, nor for losse of horse nor spence. 1566Drant Horace, Sat. i. ii. A viij, And fearyng such lyke blame That doth ensue outragiouse spence, he will not geue nor lende One crosse of coyne.
b. pl. Charges, costs, items of expense or expenditure; esp. in later use = expense 3 c.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 197 But owre spences and spendynge sprynge of a trewe wille. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 347 How shulde not þis suffice now for fewer clerkis and lesse of spensis? c1400Brut 328 This tretys lasted twey ȝer, wiþ grete costes & houge spences of boþe parties. 1720in Jrnl. Derbysh. Archæol. Soc. (1905) XXVII. 215 For spenses at Chappell fair, 1 0 0. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. s.v. Overdrow, To pay all 'spences.
2. concr. That which may be or is spent; money, supplies; dial. pocket-money. Also pl.
a1225Ancr. R. 350 Ne he ne bereð no garsum bute gnedeliche his spense. c1290Beket 1365 in S. Eng. Leg. 145 Þe king him fond spence i-novȝ to him and alle his. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6857 To þe cyte he was com late, And of spensys had he non. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 127 Þe duke was prayed of þe emperour for to take costage and spence for the way. c1460Towneley Myst. xxii. 249, I wold spende all my spence To se hym ones skelpt. 1886H. Cunliffe Rochdale Gloss., Spence, pocket-money.
†3. The expenditure or spending of goods, income, etc. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 13692 So he sped hym by spies, & spense of his gode. 1538Starkey England ii. iii. 201 Wych..ys the occasyon of the grete spens of the intrat of the monastery. 1567Drant Horace, Ep. i. xv. E vj, When as with spence of parentes goddes Sir Meui once began..for to be cawld a iolly gentleman.
†b. The employing, expending, consuming, or using up of something. Obs.
1555J. Proctor Hist. Wyat's Rebellion 54 b, To aduenture the spense of her royall bloude in defense of them. 1563Foxe A. & M. 745 Many hote argumentes were betwene them,..with muche spence of language. 1594Lodge Wounds Civil War A iv b, The spence of yeares that Marius hath ore-past..Hath taught him this.
▪ II. spense
obs. form of spence. |