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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"A pretty springald this, upon my honour!" said Claverhouse.
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Sir Walter Scott
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
This mighty horseman was carried by his steed as lightly as the young springald by his Andalusian hackney.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
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 Madox Ford
Gentlemen on an ambassage don’t read their despatches to every springald they see by the roadside.
From The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
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