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spyrd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
spyrd, es; m. The word glosses
stadium
with the meaning
a course
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  • Ða ðe in spyrde iornaþ

    qui in stadio currunt,

      Rtl. 5, 33.
with the meaning
a measure of distance
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  • Swelce spyrdas fífténe (spyrdum fífténum, Lind.)

    quasi stadiis quindecim,

      Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 18.
  • Swelce spyrdo fífe and twoegentig

    quasi stadia .xxv.,

      6, 19.
  • Ðara spyrda

    stadiorum,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang.
Etymology
[Goth. spaurds 1. a course; 2. a distance: O. H. Ger. spurt stadium.]
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