ܓܘܣܦܢܕ ܓܝܪ gwspnd gyr staff, goad
LS suggests that the term is a loanword from NP gospand gīr, lit. "catcher of cattle", or the like; cf. NP gospand a sheep, a ram, a goat (Steingass 1103); NP gīr < giriftan (ibid. 1108); MP gōspand [KYNA, gwspnd] (small) cattle, sheep (CPD 37), ManMP gwspnd /gōspand/ small cattle, sheep (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 168); MP gīr < griftan to take, hold (CPD 36); see also NP gōr-gīr a catcher of wild asses (Steingass 1102) ● BB 1147, 11 ◆ LS 127a; Lagarde GA 27, 62; Duval index pers. 217