forspan

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Foresight; the ability to see, predict, or perceive future events. uncountable
    — In a remote age and country we find Njal, the hero of the Njal's saga, credited with forspan, or the gift of beholding such shadowy apparitions of future events — a power carefully distinguished from ordinary clear-sighted wisdom.
动词 v.
  1. To entice; seduce. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

forspans present,singular,third-person forspanning participle,present forspanned participle,past forspanned past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forspannen, forspanen, from Old English forspanan (“to mislead, lead astray, seduce, entice”), from Proto-Germanic *farspananą, *fraspananą (“to allure”), equivalent to for- + span. Cognate with Middle High German verspanen (“to tempt, entice”).
词源 2
From fore- + span.
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