sparthe
English edit
Noun edit
sparthe (plural sparthes)
- Alternative form of sparth (“battle-axe”)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse sparða.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sparthe (plural sparthes)
- battle-axe
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- He hath a sparth of twenti pound of wight.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants edit
- English: sparth
References edit
- “sparth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.