spere schaft

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === spershafte, spere schafte, spere-scæft, spereschafte, sper schaft, speyre-chaft, spereschaft === Etymology === From spere +‎ schaft (“shaft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)ˌʃaft/ === Noun === spere schaft (plural spere-schaftes or spere schaft) The shaft of a spear. Such a shaft used as a unit of measure. ==== Descendants ==== English: spearshaft ==== References ==== “spēre-shaft, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 August 2019.