† spenen.
Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning obscure.)
ΚΠ
a1400–50 Alexander 4162 Þan ferd þai forth..& freschly assemblis All at was sperpolid on þe spene & spilt with þe blastis.
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† spenev.
Obsolete.
1. absolute.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1649 And nowher heo ne spedet and auere heo spenet.
a. transitive. To spend, expend (money, goods, etc.).
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend or incur expense [verb (intransitive)]
spenec1175
spend1297
to do or make (the) cost(s)c1325
costc1384
to be at charge or at charges?1542
to be at cost?1548
to spend and be spent1611
disburse1615
to lug out1684
tap1712
part1864
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)]
aspendc885
doOE
spendc1175
spenec1175
dispendc1330
bewarec1374
bestow1377
suckc1380
unpursea1393
warea1417
stowc1440
to lay outc1449
spone1456
expend1477
expend1484
impendc1486
ware?a1513
deburse?1529
disburse1530
defray1543
unburse1570
outlay1573
to lay forth1584
sweat1592
vent1612
dispursea1616
exhaust1616
to set forth1622
waste1639
depursea1648
fence1699
douse1759
shut1797
shift1923
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 31 Nabbe ic nawiht þer-of, ic hit habbe al ispened.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 A þe marȝen [he] bitahte him twa peneȝes to spenen on him.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1525 Þat were gulte, Þat leof is oþer wymmon to pulte & speneþ on þare al þat he haueþ.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 147 He nadde him-sulf nouȝt to spene.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xviii. 71 Of þat þat holychurche of þe olde lawe cleymeþ, Priestes on aparail and on purnele spenen.
1400 G. ap Dafydd ap Gruffudd Let. 11 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 6 Rather then I schuld fael he wold spene of his own godde xx. marke.
b. To exact contributions from (tenants). Cf. spend v.1 1d.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [verb (transitive)] > exact payments from (tenants)
spene1538
screwa1643
1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) 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.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically an immaterial thing
beteec1175
spenec1200
beseta1240
dispenda1400
spenda1400
expendc1440
incline?a1475
expone1527
adhibit?1538
depend1607
dispense?1624
lend1697
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 179 Ðe underlinges þenchen oðe dai hu hie muȝen mest swinken and spenen here flesh and here blod on iuele swinche.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 239 Vh time & tide schalbeon þear irikenet. huhit wes her ispenet.
a1300 Sarmun xlvii, in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 6 What is þe ioi þat man sal hab if his lif he speniþ wel.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 876 But ȝe han dainte in dul ȝoure daies to spene.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS l. 555 Loke wel in þi mood Þi wit to spene wysliche.
Derivatives
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun]
spendingc1000
spening1297
dispensec1320
costc1325
dispendingc1340
dispensationa1387
expense1393
depance1450
waringc1480
spensea1538
bestowing?1542
expending1545
defrayment1547
dispensing1548
disbursing1564
disbursal1589
debursing1598
disbursementa1599
disburse1608
depursement1636
debursement1650
dispension1658
spenda1688
disbursage1721
finances1730
expenditure1769
outlay1798
dispenditure1857
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8001 In speninge he was fol large In herte þoru out prout.
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