gespan

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gespan (“clasp; chain, bracelet”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ga- *spannaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣəˈspɑn/ Hyphenation: ge‧span Rhymes: -ɑn === Noun === gespan n (plural gespannen, no diminutive) a span, a team (pair or larger team of draught animals) Synonym: span (archaic) the firmament Synonym: firmament (obsolete) a group, fellowship, party, band ==== Derived terms ==== eedgespan hemelgespan ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: gespan == Old English == === Noun === ġespan n a joining, clasp, fastening together === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-span”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.