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Example sentences for "sper"

Lexicographically close words:
spendthrift; spendthrifts; spent; spente; speos; speranza; sperare; spere; speres; speret
  1. The thrid he hyt in his harness of steyll, Throw out the cost; the sper to brak sumdeyll.

  2. Tithandis to sper Schyr Jhone past off that place, With men to spek, quhar thai a tryst had set, Rycht ner the steid quhar Scottis and Yngliss mete.

  3. Schir Jhon the Grayme, that mekill was off mayne, Amang thaim raid with a gud sper in hand.

  4. Ane Inglissman saw thair chiftayne wes slayn; A sper in reyst he kest with all his mayne, 260 On Wallace draiff, fra the horss him to ber.

  5. Wallace straik ane, with hiss gud sper of steill, Throw out the cost; the shafft to brak ilk deyll.

  6. Wallace the formast in the byrneis bar; 145 The grounden sper throuch his body schar.

  7. He grantyt him to put thaim all to ded: Thai left nane quyk, syne brocht Wallace his hed; Apon a sper throuch out the feild it bar.

  8. Warly he wrocht, as worthi man in wer: The sper he wan with outyn mor abaid; On horss he lap, and throw a gret rout raid.

  9. The Bruce him myssyt as Wallace passyt by, Awkwart he straik with his scharp groundyn glawe, Sper and horsscrag in till sondyr he drave; Bruce was at erd or Wallace turned about.

  10. Wallace on fute a gret scharp sper he bar; Amang the thikest off the press he gais.

  11. Thre slew he thar, or that his sper was gayne: Than his gud suerd in hand sone has he tayne, Hewyt on hard with dyntis sad and sar; 850 Quhat ane he hyt grewyt the Scottis no mar.

  12. With sper and scheild, for gownnys had thai nayn, 765 Within the dykys thai gert feill Sotheroun grayn.

  13. With a gud sper the Bruce was serwyt but baid: With gret inwy to Wallace fast he raid; And he till him assonyeit nocht for thi.

  14. The fyrst he slew that he befor him fand; Apon a nothir his sper in sowndyr yeid; 705 A suerd he drew quhilk helpyt him in neid.

  15. For thair wallis so law than weir, That a man richt weill with a sper 730 Micht strik ane othir up in the face, As eir befor tald till yhow was.

  16. Schir Johne Steward, ane nobill knycht, 80 Wes woundit throu the body thair With a sper that richt scharply schair.

  17. Thai had nocht standyn bot a thraw, 572 Richt at thair hand quhen at thai saw Thair fayis throu the wod cumand, Armyt on fut, with sper in hand, That sped thame full enforsaly.

  18. At gret myschef defendit thai Thair toune; for, gif we suth sall say, The wallis of the toune than wer Sa law, that a man with a sper 380 Micht strike ane othir up in the face.

  19. Willath wi fry bilywa, alsa agon tha knapa that lesa and skryva farhondis afterwei-n to letane and in stede that hja invppa meide hwip and swik spele, moton hja mith swerd and sper spela.

  20. Alsa gvng Jon ther forth wilde mith sin sper and fone that jongk folk to hropande, hwa willinglik bi-m skara wilde.

  21. Sper ov anybody at Hooley Bridge, an' they'n tell yo wheer he lives.


  22. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    sperm whale; sperm whales