Old English Dictionary Entry

Sprytele

Part of speech: sprítele(?), an; Related words: quotation from Jamieson's Dict. under

Definitions

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1 sprytele

f. A twig, chip. (sprot):--Men of ðære ylcan styde sprytlan ácurfon astulis ex ipsa destina excisis, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 43. [Halliwell gives sprittel a sprout or twig. Cf. O. H. Ger. spruzil: M. H. Ger. sprüzzel rung of a ladder. Or(?) cf. M. H. Ger. sprízel a splinter.] and spreót. sprytele

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᚱᚣᛏᛖᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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