Variant of SPOORN. Obs.
1614. Selden, Titles Honor, 164. The spurne Lilith … mentioned in holy Writ, which the Iews say is a Spirit very Dangerous to yong Children or Women in Childbirth.
1790. Grose, Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Spurne, an evil spirit. Dorsetsh[ire].
