† besparv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To shut in; to lock up.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut or lock (a person or thing) in or out
inseil?a1000
bespara1100
loukc1275
sparc1430
spare?c1450
to shut inc1460
to lock out1599
occlude1623
inbolt1632
to bolt out, in, upa1653
sneck1816
sport1825
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 459 Oppilate, besparrade.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 75 Ancres þet bi sparreð [a1250 Nero bituneð] her.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 139 And þat he spared and bispered [bi-sperred, bisperde, bispared] spene we in murthe.
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