A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

sper- = spær-, spear-, spyr-

[ spere] n., nap. spe(o)ru ‘spear,’ javelin, lance, Æ, AO, CP, Cp: stitcking pain, Lcd 175a.

[ sperebrōga] m. terror at spears, Rd 18⁴.

[ sperehand] f. male line (of descent), BC 3·340¹⁹.

[ sperehealf] f. male line of descent, TC 491²⁰.

[ sperelēas] without a (spear)-head, WW 143⁷.

[ sperenīð] n. battle, Gen 2059.

[ speresceaft] (æ³) m. ‘spear-shaft’, GD 14²⁷.

[ sperewyrt] (speru-) f. ‘spearwort,’ elecampane, Lcd, WW.

[ +sperod] armed with a spear.