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English
Etymology
From Middle English sparthe, from Old Norse sparða.
Noun
sparth (plural sparths)
- (obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
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 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, & the other defending themſelues with bowes and weapons.
1633, Edmund Campion, Meredith Hamner, Tvvo Histories of Ireland , 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
- “sparth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “sparth”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “sparth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
sparth
- alternative form of sparthe