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spearca

  • noun [ masculine ]
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spearca, an; m.
A spark.
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  • Spærca

    scintella,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 21.
  • Spearca

    scintilla,

    i.
      66, 39: 284, 14.
  • Ne biþ ðǽr leóhtes án lytel spearca,

      Wulfst. 139, 11.
  • Sleá hé him ánne spearcan,

      Lchdm. ii. 290, 17.
  • Hí ásprungan up swá swá spearcan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 350, 23: Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 31.
  • Ðæt manega menn geseóþ feallan of ðære heofene, swylce hit sýn steorran, hit beóþ spearcan of ðam rodere, Anglia viii. 320, 33.
  • His eágan wǽron fýrene spearcan sprengende,

      Homl. Th. i. 466, 26.
metaphorical
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  • Se spearca ðara gódra weorca,

      Past. 14; Swt. 87, 6.
  • Sum spearca sóþfæstnesse,

      Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 2.
  • Ne furðum án spearca mínes cynrenes nis mé forlǽtan,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 206.
  • Gif ða scyldigan ǽnigne spearcan wísdómes hæfdon,

      38, 7; Fox 210, 9.
  • Word spearcum fleáh áttre gelícost,

      Cd. Th. 274, 32; Sat. 162.
Similar entries
v. fýr-spearca.
Linked entries
v.  spærca.
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