forspan

Meanings

Verb

• To entice; seduce.

Noun

• Foresight; the ability to see, predict, or perceive future events.

Origin

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