A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Sprutlyt], pp. speckled, S3. See SkD (s.v. sprout).

Sprynkland; see [Sprenkelin].

[ Spurn], sb. a kick, S3.

[ Spurnen], v. to kick, Prompt., C2, SkD; spurnde, pt. s., S2.—AS. speornan.

[ Spuyle], v. to plunder, W; see [Spoilen].

[ Spuylis], pl. spoils, W; see [Spoile].

[ Spynke], sb. finch, rostellus, Voc.; spink, Cotg., JD, HD; spynk, S3 (s.v. gold). Cp. Gr. σπίγγος, and OF. pinçon (BH), F. pinson.

[ Spynnare], sb. spinner, spider, Prompt.; spinner, Sh., HD.

[ Spynnen], v. to spin, Prompt.

[ Spynstare], sb. a woman who spins, Prompt.; spynnester, PP; spinster, S2, PP, Sh.