Old English · noun

spyrd

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /spyrd/
[spyrˠd]
Syllables: spyrd (1 syllable)
Modern English: stadium league racecourse racetrack furlong mile distance

Meaning

stadium
course, racetrack, racecourse
a measure of distance, furlong, league; mile

Declension

Declension of spyrd
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spyrd	spyrdas
Accusative	spyrd	spyrdas
Genitive	spyrdes	spyrda
Dative	spyrde	spyrdum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spurd, from Proto-Germanic *spurdz (“stadium, racetrack”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperdʰ- (“contest”). Cognate with Old High German spurt (“racetrack, racing course”), Gothic (spaurds, “racetrack”), Sanskrit स्पर्धा (spardhā, “competition”).

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