An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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SPREITH, SPRETH, SPRAITH, SPREATH, SPREICH, _s._ Prey, booty.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spreith~, ~Spreth~, _v. a._ To plunder.
V. ~Spraigherie~.
_Wyntown._
SPRENT, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spreng-an_, spargere.
SPRENT, _pret. v._
1. Sprung.
_Douglas._
2. Ran, darted forth.
_Barbour._
3. Rose up, ascended.
_Douglas._
A. S. _spring-an_, to spring.
~Sprent~, _s._
1. A leap.
_Douglas._
2. The elastic force of any thing, S.
3. Any elastic body, S.
4. The clasp of iron that fastens down the lid of a chest or trunk, S.
_Trans. Antiq. S. Edin._
The back-bone is called the _back-sprent_, S.
SPRETE, _s._ Spirit.
_Douglas._
~Sprety~, _adj._ Sprightly, S. _sprity_.
_Douglas._
~Spret.i.t~, _adj._ Spirited.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
SPRETT, _s._
V. ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPREUL, _v. n._ To sprawl.
_Douglas._
SPRIG, _s._ A thin nail, without a head, S.
SPRING, _s._ A quick and cheerful tune on a musical instrument, S.
_Lyndsay._
O. Fr. _espring-ier_, to dance.
SPRINGALD, _s._ A stripling, S. B.
_Douglas._
From _spring_, germinare, q. viri germen.
SPRYNGALD, _s._
1. An ancient warlike engine, used for shooting large arrows, pieces of iron, &c.
_Barbour._
2. The materials thrown from this engine.
_Wallace._
