sparth
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See also: sparð
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sparthe, from Old Norse sparða.
Noun[edit]
sparth (plural sparths)
- (obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
- 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] [1], London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 66; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:
- Sparthe an inſtrument.
- 1587, Raphaell Holinshed, Iohn Hooker, “The Second Book of the Conqueſt of Ireland”, in The firſt and ſecond volumes of Chronicles […] , volume II, London: Henry Denham, page 33:
- […] betweene whom was a cruell fight, the one part giuing a fierce onſet with ſtones and ſpaths[sic], & the other defending themſelues with bowes and weapons.
- 1633, Edmund Campion, Meredith Hamner, Tvvo Histories of Ireland […] [2], Dublin: Society of Stationers, archived from the original on 9 June 2021, page 66:
- […] how that the Englſshmen not being able to ſtand in fight, turned backe to backe, with ſparthes and two handed swords, untill the laſt man was ſlaine.
References[edit]
- “sparth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “sparth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sparth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sparth
- Alternative form of sparthe