v. Obs. Forms: see SPREAD v. [OE. tosprǽdan, f. TO-2 + sprǽdan, SPREAD v. So OHG. za-, zi-, zarspreitan, MHG. ze-, zerspreiten.] trans. To spread abroad, spread open; to expand, stretch out; also, to disperse, scatter.
a. 1000. in Techmer’s Zeitschr., II. 122. (B.–T.). Tospræd ðine fingras.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 21. His holie lichame was tospred on þe holie rode. Ibid., 205. Was to sprad.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 402. To luuien þene king of blisse þet to-spret so touward ou his ermes.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 4317. Þo þeromeyns … to spradde hom her & þer.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 260. With … fot al bare, Hir her tosprad sche gan to fare.
