Proto-Germanic: *spiru, *spira-n, *sparu-z, *sparra-n; *sparrēn
Meaning: spear
Old Norse: pl. spjɔr n. `Speer'; spɔr-r m. `Speer', sparr n. `Speer'; sparri m. `Sparren, Balken, Pflock'
Norwegian: spjör; sparre
Swedish: spärr; sparre
Old Danish: spiär `Speer; Sonde'
Danish: sparre
Old English: spere, -es n. `spear, lance, pike, javelin'
English: spear
Old Frisian: spiri, spere, sper
Old Saxon: sper
Middle Dutch: speere m., f., n.
Dutch: speer f.
Middle Low German: spēr(e)
Old High German: sper n. (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: spër st. n., m. 'speer', { spar, spare n. }
German: Speer m.
