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spora

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
spora, spura, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§108;
A spur
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  • Spora

    calcar

    ,
      Txts. 47, 361: 110, 1164.
  • Spura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 3, 63 : i. 84, 3 : 288, 22 : Hpt. Gl. 505, 70: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 16; Zup. 42, 10. Calcaria spuran

    dicta, quia in calce hominis ligantur

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 44.
  • Spurum

    calcaribus

    ,
      17, 62.
  • Hé heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran (cf.

    Icel.

    höggva hest sporum),
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 22.
  • .ii. spuran on .iii. pundan, Chart.
      Th. 503, 8.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. sporo: Icel. spori.]
Similar entries
v. hún-, táh-spora, -spura ; hand-spor(a ?) ; sporu.
Linked entries
v.  spura.
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  • spora, n.