Old English Dictionary Entry

Spyrd

Part of speech: es; Related words: ,

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1 spyrd

m. The word glosses stadium (1) with the meaning a course:--Ða ðe in spyrde iornaþ qui in stadio currunt, Rtl. 5, 33. (2) with the meaning a measure of distance:--Swelce spyrdas fífténe (spyrdum fífténum, Lind.) quasi stadiis quindecim, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 18. Swelce spyrdo fífe and twoegentig quasi stadia .xx 6, 19. Ðara spyrda stadiorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 24, 13. In all these passages the West-Saxon uses furlang. [Goth. spaurds (1) a course; (2) a distance: O. H. Ger. spurt stadium.] spyrd

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Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚣᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)

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