sperwort

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === sperewourt, sperewort, sperworte, spereworte, sperewurt === Etymology === From Old English sperewyrt; equivalent to spere +‎ wort. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)wurt/ === Noun === sperwort (uncountable) Spearwort (a kind of plant in the genus Ranunculus) or a similar plant. ==== Descendants ==== English: spearwort ==== References ==== “spēre-wort, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 July 2019.