spyrd
- noun [ masculine ]
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Ða ðe in spyrde iornaþ
qui in stadio currunt,
- Rtl. 5, 33.
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Swelce spyrdas fífténe (spyrdum fífténum, Lind.)
quasi stadiis quindecim,
- Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 18.
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Swelce spyrdo fífe and twoegentig
quasi stadia .xxv.,
- 6, 19.
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Ðara spyrda
stadiorum,
- Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang.
Bosworth, Joseph. “spyrd.” 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/28607.
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