Spear-lira

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spear-lira

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: spearwa. spear-lira

Definitions

1 spear-lira

m. The calf of the leg:--Spærlira sura, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 71: 71, 55. Sperlira, 65, 43. Spærlirena surarum, Hpt. Gl. 478, 56. Spærlirum suris, 483, 37. Spærliran suras, 482, 65. On spearlirum in suris, Deut. 28, 35. Speoruliran suras, Lchdm. i. lxxi, 10. [Hose . . . þat spenet on his sparlyr & clene spures under, Gaw. 158. Sparluris, Wick. Deut. 28, 35.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛠᚱ-ᛚᛁᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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