spane

See also: Späne

English

Etymology

From Middle English spanen, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spanen, spenen, ultimately from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *spanōn and *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną and *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat”).

Verb

spane (third-person singular simple present spanes, present participle spaning, simple past and past participle spaned)

  1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.
    to spane a child

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspanɛ/, [ˈspanə]

Participle

spane

  1. inflection of spany:
    1. nominative/accusative singular neuter
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

Noun

spane

  1. Alternative form of spanne

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spanô, *spenô. See English spean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.ne/

Noun

spane f

  1. (anatomy) teat

Declension
Declension of spane (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative spane spanan
accusative spanan spanan
genitive spanan spanena
dative spanan spanum

Descendants
  • Middle English: *spane, *spene
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