spurnen

• sporne, spornen, spournen, spurn, spurne, spyrnen

Inherited from Old English spornan, spurnan, from Proto-West Germanic *spurnan, from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną; equivalent to spurn (“stumbling”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspurnən/, /ˈspɔːrnən/

spurnen

1. To fall over, to misstep; to bump into something.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:

     The myller spurnde on a stone. / And downe he fyl backwarde upon his wyfe

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2. To hit or land a blow using one's feet.
3. To force to the ground; to stand on.
4. (rare) To scorn; to hold in low regard or standing.
5. (rare) To make a mistake or error; to mischoose.

• spurn
• spurnynge

• English: spurn
• Scots: spurn

• “spurnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.