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hand-spor

  • noun [ feminine ]
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  • hand-sporu, an ;

    f. A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail

    :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru,
      B. 986.
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[Cf. húnsporan dolones (v. stæf-sweord), Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 65.]
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