Spearwa is lȳtel fugol on þǣm þe sēo cnēoris "Passeridae" stent. Spearwwan sind swīðe gecūþ betweox wildum fugolum for þȳ nēan 8 gecyna heora wuniaþ oft nēah hūsum and on burgum.[1]
Unsmēagendlīc amearcung spearwa is þus: Hīe sind smæle and grǣgbrūne and habbaþ scorta tægelfeðera and scort, fæst nebb. Oftost etaþ hīe sǣd, þēah þe hīe ēac etaþ lȳtle wyrmas. Sume spearwan etaþ nēan ǣnigne fōdan, and sind biddendas.