spargere

spargere [CL] 1 to scatter, sprinkle. b to broadcast (seed). c to distribute (gifts). d to squander. omni die ‥ ~gat aquam benedictam per omnes ‥ lectos Lanfr. Const. 155; 1148 porcis ~gere margaritas G. Foliot Ep. 64; trabem ‥ perculit, ut fragmina in tota ~gerentur ecclesia W. Malm. GR IV 323; lapillos si quis ‥ intra alvearia ~serit Gir. TH I 6; margaritas ‥ coram ‥ porcis esse spergendas Ockham Pol. I 13; super pulverem tenuem ‥ ~git [ME: fleskeð] aquam AncrR 119.  b omnibus inque locis sparsisti semina lucis Wulf. Poems 10; semina olerum et herbarum ~gere Rob. Bridl. Dial. 154; in autumno vinum et oleum colligimus, itemque semina ~gimus Hon. GA 685B.  c dona sacer celsae dum spargit ubique salutis Bede CuthbV 590.  d invictum animum in ~genda pecunia haberet W. Malm. GR V 403. 2 to (cause or allow to) extend or spread out (in all directions). b to emit (in all directions). 795 quo magis ardet in pectoris antro, eo latius flammam suavissimi ardoris ~gere adsuescit Alcuin Ep. 79; horridus ignis accensus teterrimum atque foetentem ex se fumum per aera ~sit Eadmer V. Anselmi II 48; per bonam conscientiam ~gamus inde bonum odorem Ailr. Serm. 23. 22. 326A; caritas ‥ ~gitur Alex. Cant. Dicta 14 p. 160 (v. dispertire a).  b fama ‥ longe radios salutiferae lucis ~gens Bede HE III 13; spargit et undarum non procul inde globos L. Durh. Dial. IV 132. 3 to spread (over a surface or area); b (hay or sim. to dry, also absol.). c (p. ppl. as adj.) spread out. 1267 in fimis spergendis x d. Ac. Wellingb. 5; nunc tamen egerit fel copiosius / quam olim sperserat nocensque lacius Walt. Wimb. Sim. 16; 1287 in fimo in campo ~gendo Ac. Stratton 177; c1302 in ‥ marla spergenda iv sol. viii den. Cant. Cath. Pri. 137n.  b 1270 in toto prato falcando, ~gendo, levando Ac. Stratton 38; 1273 in ‥ feno ~gendo et levando Ib. 47; debet invenire unum hominem ad falcandum et ~gendum pratum Cust. Battle 5; juga debent falcare, ~gere, vertere, cumulare, et cariare Ib. 124; 1326 ~gere, colligere, et cariare debent totum fenum domini BB St. Davids 112; spergere debent et colligere fenum Ib. 136; 1352 in herbagio ejusdem [prati] sparsendo [? l. spargendo] Comp. Worc. I 52; 1374 in stipendio unius hominis ~gentis herbam post dictos falcatores DL MinAc 507/8227 m. 27.  c cappara ‥ frutex est spinosa et ~sa super terram Alph. 33. 4 to cast (one's eyes) about. b to extend the range of (one's mind, thoughts, attention, or sim.). super ‥ ministros ‥ ita circumspecte ~gebat oculos H. Bos. Thom. III 15.  b dum se per innumeras terrenorum desideriorum cogitationes ~git, ad considerationem sui sese nullatenus colligit Bede Mark 183A; cum ‥ se ‥ ad exteriora ~serit Id. HE II 1; sic aciem mentis vexant et in extera spargunt J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 785. 5 to separate and drive in all directions, disperse, scatter. 796 aedificare et non destruere, congregare et non ~gere Alcuin Ep. 117; et centaurorum fugat et spargit legionem R. Cant. Malch. IV 378; a1295 si aliquis faciat conspirationem aliquam retro communitatem ad eam separandam vel spergendam Gild Merch. I 235. 6 to distribute indiscriminately. ventus qui ‥ urbi incendia ~serat Bede HE II 7; c1160 cum dimidia carucata terre que tempore avi mei David regis per campum dispersa jacebat, sed, quoniam illa dimidia carrucata ita spersa parum erat eis utilis ‥ Regesta Scot. 187; cerebrum ‥ per pavimentum cum cruore et ossibus crudelissime ~gerent J. Sal. Thom. 26; s1455 jacuerunt spersa permulta ‥ cadavera Reg. Whet. I 175. 7 to sow or spread about (news, report, or sim.). 798 haec impia heresis ‥ extinguatur antequam latius ~gatur per orbem Alcuin Ep. 148; cum ‥ terrorem sui nominis ~sisset W. Malm. GP I 23; haec non ambiguis auctoribus ~sa acceperim Ib. V 263; s1130 ~sus est ‥ rumor in plebem quod adhuc Honorius spiraret Id. HN 453 p. 6; c1214 nec eis spiritualia spergunt nec verba salutis ulla proponunt Gir. Ep. 8 p. 282. 8 to sprinkle or spatter (surface). b to make wet (w. tears). c to perfuse. tribus ante mortem annis, jam canis ~sus caput Jerosolimam contendit W. Malm. GR III 257; septies contra altare ~git. ‥ altare ~gendo circuit. ‥ parietes ex utraque ~git Hon. GA 593D.  b oculos sperserat ira meos Gower VC I 1598.  c aspergens itinera [ed. PL: itinera ~gens] sua aromatibus myrrhe et thuris Ailr. Spec. Car. I 100. 540C. 9 (p. ppl. as sb. n.) leaven. fermentum, spersum idem ‥ A. leveyne Alph. 65.