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spere

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
spere, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§92; §291; §392; §393; §419; §562;
A spear, lance, pike, javelin
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  • Spere

    lancea, falarica,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 11
      • :
    • 84, 17
      • :

    falarica,

    • ii. 86, 82
      • :

    hasta,

    • i. 287, 4
      • :
    • ii. 43, 19
      • .

  • Getridwet spere

    hasta,

    • i. 35, 40
      • .

  • His sceaft ætstód ætforan him, swá ðæt ðæt spere him eode þurh út,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 12, 55
      • :
    • Byrht. Th. 135, 53
      • ;
    • By. 137
      • .

  • Nægle oððe spere

    cuspide,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 24
      • .

  • Ecg sceal on sweorde, ord spere,

    • Exon. Th. 346, 14
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 204
      • .

  • Mid spere

    lancea,

    • Jn. Skt. 19, 34
      • .

  • Hé nam him spere on hand

    accepit lanceam in manu,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 517, 8
      • .

  • Ða speru sóðfæsðnesse

    veritatis jacula,

    • Past. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 245, 9
      • ;
    • 38, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 277, 22
      • .

  • Spera

    sparorum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 33
      • .

  • Mid sperum tósticad

    confossum vulneribus,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 128, 14
      • .

  • Spiorum (swiorum, Wrt.)

    contis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 57
      • .

  • Speoru

    contos,

    • 104, 58
      • .

  • Speru,

    • 14, 72
      • :
    • 20, 15
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    ansatas

    (cf. ansatas ætgáras, 3, 68),
    • 5, 44
      • :
    • 88, 16
      • .

  • Speru, boltas

    catapultas,

    • 18, 58
      • :
    • 85, 16
      • .

  • Hí léton of folman feólhearde speru fleógan,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 63
      • ;
    • By. 108
      • .
In the following the word refers to a shooting pain or stitch
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  • Út lytel spere gif hér inne sié,

    • Lchdm. iii. 52, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. sper; n.
:
O. Frs. O. H. Ger. sper; m. hasta, lancea, sparus, catapulta
:
Icel. spjör; n. pl. (poetical).
]
Similar entries
v. átor-, bár-, deáþ-, huntig-, pull-, scot-, wæl-, wíg-spere.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “spere.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28463.

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