Wæl-spere

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wæl-spere

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wæl-spere
n. A battle-spear, spear with which slaughter is to be wrought :-- Oft hé gár forlét, wælspere windan on ða wícingas, Byrht. Th. 141, 14; By. 322. Syx smiðas sǽtan wælspera worhtan, Lchdm. iii. 52, 31. [Forwunded mid walspere brade, Laym. 28577.] wæl-spere
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