Old English · noun

spere

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈspe.re/
Syllables: ˈspe · re (2 syllables)
Modern English: spear lance pike javelin

Meaning

spear, lance, pike, javelin

Declension

Declension of spere
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spere	speru
Accusative	spere	speru
Genitive	speres	spera
Dative	spere	sperum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old High German sper (German Speer), Old Norse spjǫr.

Descendants

spear

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