sparflev.
Scottish. rare.
transitive. To scatter or disperse; to squander. Sparfeled in Greene's Orpharion (1599) 48 is probably an error for sparpeled.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)]
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skairc1175
skaila1400
disparklec1449
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sprattlea1500
distribute?c1510
disperge1530
shudderc1540
crumble1547
pour1574
sperse1580
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spatter1582
distract1589
sparflec1600
esparse1625
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disperse1654
sparge1786
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 194 Bot or this tyme, the said men of weare hade sparfallit the best of thame.
1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Sperfle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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