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sparth

sparth noun: a battle-axe or halberd.

Noun

sparth (plural sparths)

  1. (obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
    • Sparthe an inſtrument.1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 66; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue...
    • […]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.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

Forms of sparth

pluralsparths

Origin of sparth

From Middle English sparthe, from Old Norse sparða.

Questions about sparth

What does sparth mean?
Sparth means a battle-axe or halberd.
What part of speech is sparth?
Sparth is a noun.
What is the plural of sparth?
The plural of sparth is sparths.

Words near sparth in the dictionary

  1. sparteine
  2. sparteines
  3. sparterie
  4. sparteries
  5. spartery
  6. sparth
  7. sparthe
  8. sparthes
  9. sparths
  10. Spartiate
  11. Spartiates

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