Lexicographical Neighbors of Sperthe
Literary usage of Sperthe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Warrington in M.CCCC.LXV.: As Described in a Contemporary Rent Roll of the by William Beamont, Peter Legh (1849)
"Also he holds the before described sperthe called Gale sperthe, lying in breadth
between land of the said Peter in the tenure of the said Gilbert Madur on ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1907)
"... and his helmet was laced, And his vaunt-brace of proof he wore ; At his
saddle-gerthe was a good steel sperthe, Full ten pound weight and more. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"sperthe, a spear, a javelin, or, more properly, a battle-axe; a word that might well
... His helmet was laced, At his saddle girth was a good steel sperthe, ..."
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