forspiercan

Old English

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Etymology

By surface analysis, for- +‎ spiercan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forˈspi͜yr.kɑn/, [forˈspi͜yrˠ.kɑn]

Verb

forspiercan

to dry out, empty

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “for-spyrcan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.