Spare

, v. to abstain from; trans. to spare, XVII 379; intr. to hesitate to, XIV b 13; to desist, stop, XIV b 23; Spard , pa. t. in no sp. noiþer stub no ston (cf. sparede he neyþer tos ne heles , Havelok 898), stopped for nothing, went as fast as he could, II 346. [OE. sparian .]