splits, II, 389, 10: strands.

sply, II, 252, 1: (perhaps miswritten) spy.

spole, III, 342, 63: (O. Fr. espaule) shoulder. See spaul.

sporne, v., III, 64, 161: kick.

spreckl(e)d, I, 159, 5; 160, 3: speckled.

sprente, III, 309, 32: sprang, spurted.

spring, IV, 265, 13: probably miswritten or corrupted for young, which we find in the next stanza.

spring, I, 129, 17; 130, 20; 132, 13; 135, O 18, P 18, 19; IV, 312, 4; 313, 7: quick tune.

spring (well both clear and spring), II, 198 a, last line: spring water, pure as a spring.

sprunks, fine, III, 221, 12: showily dressed women? (Cf. prank, prink, Dan., Swed., Germ., prunk.)