[1] járnsparða (f.) ‘iron-axe’: This cpd is not found elsewhere. Sparða is a kind of Irish axe (< OIr. sparth, a long-handed broad-bladed battle-axe), although the Old Irish word itself may be a loan from ON barða (Falk 1914b, 112; AEW: sparða). Cf. ModEngl. sparth (now obsolete).