sprite
noun
(in folklore) an elf, fairy, or goblin.
spright
-
a variation of
sprite.
Example Sentences
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We have also spright, impregnable, and other misspelt words, for which it is difficult to assign a reason.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Subject thy dome to her Empyring spright, From whence thy Muse, and all the world, takes light.
From Spenser by R. W. (Richard William) Church
Ah, dear my lord, oh, cause me hope again, So I may comfort me my spright wayworn.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
What e're thou be, Be'st thou her spright, or some divinitie, That in her shape thinks good to walk this grove, Pardon poor Perigot.
From The Faithful Shepherdess The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10). by Francis Beaumont
When these sad sights were overpast and gone, My spright was greatly moved in her rest, With inward ruth and deare affection, To see so great things by so small distrest.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
