Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparthe
Literary usage of Sparthe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483 by Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1882)
"... cetera. a sparthe г ... sparthe an instrument.' Palsgrave. Icel. ... Loke me
my sparthe wher that he stände, ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"The sparthe was wielded with one hand, but with such address and impetuosity as
generally to penetrate through the best-tempered armour. ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1897)
"I give and devise all that my messuage and tenement with the appurtenances in
Clayton upon the Mores commonly called the sparthe, and four closes of land in ..."
4. A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans by John Lingard (1840)
"The sparthe proved a most formidable weapon. It was wielded with one hand, but
with such address and impetuosity, as generally to penetrate through the best ..."
5. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1893)
"called the sparthe, which is also a term frequently occurring in connection ...
called The sparthe, was shaped like the end of Cotton Field. ..."
6. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1861)
"... gallowglass axe of later times; but is that known by the name of the sparthe—a '
sparthe de Hibernia,1 such as i Gentel Mortimer' had in his armoury at ..."
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