v. Obs. Forms: 1 besparri-an, 3 bisparr-en, 4 -sperr-en, -speren. [f. BE- 2 + SPAR v. to bolt, shut.] trans. To shut in; to lock up.
a. 1100. in Wr.-Wülcker, Voc., 459. Oppilate, besparrade.
c. 1225. Ancr. R., 94. Ancren þet bisparreð [v.r. bituneð] her.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 139. And þat he spared and bispered [bi-sperred, bisperde, bispared) spene we in murthe.
