† spoornn.
Obsolete. rare.
A special kind of spectre or phantom.
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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 They haue so fraied vs with..Robin good fellowe, the spoorne, the mare, the man in the oke,..and such other bugs, that we are afraid of our owne shadowes.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 634 Thereuppon also did some of the Gentyles surmise, that they had crucified a Ghoste or Sporne in stead of him.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 164 The spurne Lilith..mentioned in holy Writ, which the Iews say is a Spirit very Dangerous to yong Children or Women in Childbirth.
a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) i. ii. 299 Dwarffes, Imps, the Spoorne, the Mare, the Man i' th Oake.]
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Spurne, an evil spirit. Dorsetsh[ire].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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