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Definition spean

Etymology 1

From Middle English *spene, *spane, from Old English spane, spanu (“teat”), from Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pst?n (“breast; teat”). Cognate with West Frisian spien (“nipple”), Dutch speen (“nipple”), Danish spene (“teat”), Swedish spene (“teat, nipple, dug”), Icelandic speni (“teat”).

Alternatively a borrowing from Dutch speen (“nipple, teat”), from the same Proto-Germanic origin as above.

Noun

spean (plural speans)

1. (archaic or dialectal) A teat or nipple of a cow

Etymology 2

From Middle English spanen (“to wean”), probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch spanen, spenen or Middle Low German sp?nen, sp?nen, sp?nen (“to wean”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spanjan?, *span?n?, from Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pst?n (“breast; teat”). Cognate with Dutch spenen (“to wean”), German spänen (“to wean”), Old French espanir (“to wean”) (< Germanic).

Verb

spean (third-person singular simple present speans, present participle speaning, simple past and past participle speaned)

1. (archaic) to wean

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