springald
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of springald
1400–50; late Middle English, alteration (by dissimilation) of *springard leaper, jumper. See spring, -ard
Example Sentences
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Springett is for springald, and Arlett is Mid.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
"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 Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop
Ah! and what then, nothing but my parks, my woods, and my forest-walks will suffice for the recreation of that young springald.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry
He sprang aloof as springald from detested school, Or ocean-rover from protected port.
From Poems by Hugo, Victor
For I depart towards Dover to-night, else this springald cardinal will be gone from Paris ere I come.'
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox
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