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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. Icel.

spar[GREEK]a

An Anglo-Saxon battle-ax, or halberd.

[Obs.]

He hath a

sparth

of twenty pound of weight.

Chaucer.

See also: sparð

sparth ‎(plural sparths)

(obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd.
- Chaucer
  He hath a sparth of twenty pound of weight.