† sponev.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To spend.
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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
1456 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 116 To geyf hym a sufiand lewyn, and the layf be sponyt on the plas qwar mast ned is.
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