n.
WA sparth, pl. sparrethis, sparthys
'battle-axe' (Modern English sparth)
PGmc Ancestor
?*barðaz
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
sparða ‘kind of (Irish) axe’
(ONP sparða (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel sparða
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
B1
First attested in 13c. Anglo-Latin texts with a variety of forms (inc. sparth, spart, sparht, sparcha), then in a range of English texts from the 14c.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 209; WA1403, 2458