spane

See also: Späne

English

Verb

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

(obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Aspen, NAPEs, Panes, Snape, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spean

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspanɛ/, [ˈspanə]

Participle

spane

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

Middle English

Noun

spane

Alternative form of spanne

Old English

Alternative forms

spanu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.ne/

Noun

spane f

(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
- English: spene, speen (dialectal)

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