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† sparlire Obs.
Forms: α. 1 spærlira (etc.), 4 sparlire, sperlire, 4–5 sparlyr(e. β. 4–5 sparlyver, -uer, 5 sperlyver.
[OE. spær-, spearlíra (also sper-, speoru-), f. spearwa calf of the leg + líra lire n.1 The later change of -lire to -liver is irregular.]
The calf of the leg.
αc1000ælfric Deut. xxviii. 35 Slea þe drihten mid þam wirstan yfele on cneowum and on spearlirum. 13..Sir Beues 2487 Be þe riȝt leg ȝhe him grep,..Þat neȝ ȝhe braide out is sparlire. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 158 Heme wel haled, hose of þat same grene, Þat spenet on his sparlyr & clene spures vnder. a1400Octouian 330 The ape hym boot full ylle Thorgh the sparlyre.
βc1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 92 Þe Lord schal smyte þee wiþ moost yvel biel in knees and in sparlyveris. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 355 For þat tyme þe Longobardes usede strapeles wiþ brode laces doun to þe sparlyver. 14..Parts Body in Wr.-Wülcker 632 Musculus, the sperlyver. |