1: from Middle English spuret of uncertain origin. It might be a reduced form of Middle English Sporehard ‘spur hard’ no doubt for a horseman attested in the name of Galfr. Sporehard [...]
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What is the origin of the name Spirit?
1: from Middle English spuret of uncertain origin. It might be a reduced form of Middle English Sporehard ‘spur hard’ no doubt for a horseman attested in the name of Galfr. Sporehard [...]