- Sparth
- Sparth Sparth, n. [Cf. Icel. spar?a.]
An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
He hath a sparth of twenty pound of weight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sparth
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