Spearcian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - spearcian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

spearcan(?)

spearcian
To sparkle, emit sparks:--Hé sweartade (spearcade?) ðonne hé spreocan ongan fýre and áttre, Cd. Th. 269, 24; Sat. 78. Sparcendum scintillante, Hpt. Gl. 501, 5. [Prompt. Parv. sparkyn scintillo. It sparkede and full brith shon, Havel. 2144.]

Related words: spircan. spearcian

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