spere
Middle English
/ˈspɛːr(ə)/, /ˈspeːr(ə)/, /ˈspɛːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A spear or lance.
- (Christianity) The Lance of Longinus.
- A barb or point.
- A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English spere inherited from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*speru
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afrosphere English
- Spear English
- amylosphere English
- angiosphere English
- anthosphere English
- asphere English
- astrosphere English
- bronchosphere English
- cardiosphere English
- carposphere English
- caulosphere English
- colonosphere English
- colosphere English
- cosmosphere English
- cosphere English
- digisphere English
- ectosphere English
- eelspear English
- endosphere English
- ensphere English
- enterosphere English
- esophagosphere English
- fishspear English
- fluorosphere English
- hemisphere English
- hepatosphere English
- hypersphere English
- icosasphere English
- incelosphere English
- intersphere English
- liposphere English
- macrosphere English
- medullosphere English
- megalosphere English
- memosphere English
- midsphere English
- minisphere English
- multisphere English
- myosphere English
- myrmecosphere English
- nanosphere English
- nonsphere English
- oligosphere English
- orosphere English
- peanosphere English
- photon sphere English
- phycosphere English
- planisphere English
- pneumosphere English
- polespear English
- polysphere English
- pseudosphere English
- radiansphere English
- semisphere English
- servosphere English
- sociosphere English
- spear English
- spear gun English
- spearable English
- spearbush English
- spearcaster English
- spearchucker English
- spearer English
- speareth English
- spearfish English
- spearfisher English
- spearfisherman English
- spearfishing English
- speargrass English
- speargun English
- spearhead English
- spearless English
- spearlet English
- spearlike English
- spearmaker English
- spearmaking English
- spearman English
- spearmint English
- spearplay English
- spearpoint English
- spearshaft English
- spearsman English
- spearthrower English
- speartip English
- spearwoman English
- spearwood English
- spearwort English
- speary English
- spermosphere English
- spheral English
- sphere English
- sphereing English
- sphereless English
- spherelike English
- spheric English
- spherics English
- spherification English
- sphering English
- spherite English
- spherium English
- spherize English
- spherocylindrical English
- spheroid English
- spherule English
- sphery English
- subsphere English
- supersphere English
- thyrosphere English
- trochosphere English
- tumorsphere English
- undersphere English
- unsphere English
- upspear English
- xenosphere English
- sphēra Latin
- *sperH- Proto-Indo-European
- *speru Proto-Germanic
- spere Old English
- sperehealf Old English
- sperewyrt Old English
- heed Middle English
- schaft Middle English
- sper Middle English
- spere schaft Middle English
- spere-hed Middle English
- speres Middle English
- sperre Middle English
- sperwort Middle English
- wort Middle English
- sféar Irish
- sphere Old French
- sperran Old High German
- *speru Old Dutch
- spere Old Frisian
- spia Tok Pisin
- spiaim Tok Pisin