sparre

== English == === Noun === sparre (plural sparres) Obsolete form of spar. === Anagrams === Rapers, parers, parser, rapers, rasper, sparer == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sparre, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrō, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô. ==== Alternative forms ==== spare, sparr, spere, sperr, sperre ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈspar(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== sparre (plural sparres) spar, rafter pole, mast (heraldry) chevron ===== Related terms ===== sparren ===== Descendants ===== English: spar Scots: spar ===== References ===== “sparre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== sparre alternative form of sparren (“to close”) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish sparre, from Old Norse sparri, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô. === Noun === sparre c a rafter (heraldry) a chevron ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “sparre”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) sparre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)