gespan

See also: Gespan

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gespan (“clasp; chain, bracelet”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ga- *spannaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈspɑn/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧span
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

gespan n (plural gespannen, no diminutive)

1. a span, a team (pair or larger team of draught animals)

   Synonym: span

2. (archaic) the firmament

   Synonym: firmament

3. (obsolete) a group, fellowship, party, band

Derived terms

• eedgespan
• hemelgespan

Descendants

• Negerhollands: gespan

Old English

Noun

ġespan n

1. a joining, clasp, fastening together

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-span”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.