† sparplingn.
Obsolete.
The action of the verb; dispersing, scattering. Also: mental or spiritual distraction.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [noun]
sparpling1434
distraction1526
bestraughting1585
avocation1646
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > driving away in all directions
sparpling1434
dispersionc1450
skailing?c1450
sparklingc1460
disparplinga1513
dissipation1545
dispersing1604
segregationa1616
scatteration1776
disjectiona1806
dispersal1821
scatteraway1851
spreadeagling1869
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 110 All þe sparpilyngis of his hart fest he in on[e] desyre.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 118 Sparpillynge sumtyme comys & wauyrynge of hart.
1483 Cath. Angl. 352/1 A Sparpyllynge, sparsio, diuisio.
1557 Ld. Warton in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) VII. 382 Our men being not of power to encounter them held them close from sparpling abroad to destroy the country.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > [adjective]
sparpling1435
diverse1590
divertive1598
avocating1643
diverting1651
diversive1693
diversionary1846
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 66 Sturbyld he settis in pesse, & all noyse sparpilland he wastis.
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