Spreót

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spreót

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: eofor-spreót. spreot

Definitions

1 spreót

m. A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit):--Spreót contus, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 61. Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant spreot, et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10. Spreótas trudes vel amites. Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 43: trudes (in a list of things connected with ships), 48, 13: 57, 16: 64, 7: ansatas, ii. 3, 68: contos, 14, 72. Spreótum, spreútum contis, Txts. 48, 211. [Prompt. Parv. sprete contus: Du. spriet sprit: Dan. sprød: Swed. spröt.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚱᛖᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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