springald
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of springald
1400–50; late Middle English, alteration (by dissimilation) of *springard leaper, jumper. See spring, -ard
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"If one spark of her father's spirit lives In this girl here—so, this Leigh, Ralph Leigh, Let us hear what counsel the springald gives."
From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke
Springett is for springald, and Arlett is Mid.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
Nay, maître, if the people are with him, the League will not dare—" "There you fool yourself, my springald.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
I hear that both she and the young springald who sought to set her at liberty are to be brought before him directly after supper.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
I tell you I marked them both last eve, and though I seldom turn my mind to such follies, I saw the plain tokens of love in every look and gesture of the young springald.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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