† unspenv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To release.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart
unspen?c1225
loosec1390
unseala1586
loosen1645
unslip1802
unloosen1845
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 124 Sein Iohan þebaptiste..inhis borne time vn spennede [a1250 Nero upspende] his fader tunge into prophecie.
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v.?c1225- to set light of
- to set light of, before
- to set light, at light
- to set lightly, coldly
- to set lite, a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little , a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little by
- to set little etc by
- to set little nought by
- to set little price of
- to set little price upon
- to set little, more, nought, not, of
- to set little, nought to
- to set lowe to
- to set lunt to
- to set measures to
- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by